Justified/unjustified text view

Build 1501 on 14/Nov/2017  This topic last edited on: 17/Mar/2016, at 16:49

Articles workspace offers two panes (source and WYSIWYG) and three views of a textual content of an article.

Click to toggle expandUnjustified text view

It is displayed on the source pane, and it displays text in a continuous stream, wrapping it at the text window, or on the predefined number of characters (Edit > Preferences > Display > Characters per line when not justified). The fonts displayed may be draft or real. Such view does not show accurate line endings, so you can concentrate on content. The unjustified text mode does not display any overset information.

Note: many other software call such view a 'story view'.

Click to toggle expandJustified text view

It is displayed on the source pane, and it displays text with line breaks, hyphenation points and column jumps, based on the assigned geometry. If text does not fit into the assigned space, an overset indicator marks the point at which the text exceeds the space. The fonts displayed may be draft or real.

Note: many other software call such view a 'galley view'.

The Justified text view provides a suitable environment for an efficient text processing; text is easy to read and annotate. You can also use the Justified view to perform copyfitting and other production-related tasks.

Do one of the following:

•Display the WYSIWYG view, or split screen with Source and WYSIWYG pane: the current article is automatically justified. See Switch between views.

•While working in the source pane only, on the Tools menu, point to Text justification, and then click Justify.

When you open an article with geometry (either linked to a page, or containing a local geometry), working in a Justified view is analogous to working with galley proofs in traditional typesetting. Within the viewing area, the text wraps exactly as it will in the final Fred4 layout, and all text is displayed in one column, regardless of how many columns exist in the layout. Column breaks are shown by a thin horizontal line in the same color you choose for the marks and tags.

You can't distinguish between page and column breaks in the Justified view, but only on the WYSIWYG view.

Justified view includes the overset point, which indicates the point at which the Ted4 text exceeds the layout space assigned for it in Fred4. Such point is marked with a thick horizontal line.

You can change the font, size, or spacing to make text easier to read or edit. You can also change the background and font colors. The changes you make are your personal preference and do not affect the page or other users.

The font display size applies to all articles and all elements, rather than individual characters, words, or paragraphs.

You cannot change the text leading, nor show line numbers.

The styles of paragraphs or characters in the Justified text view are shown in the drop-down lists of the paragraph and character styles. If the boxes are empty, this means the current position uses the default formatting.

See also

Customize source text view
Click to toggle expandWYSIWYG view

It is displayed on the WYSIWYG pane, and it displays content as it will print, with all formatting. The fonts displayed are always real, and the text is always justified. You can view text in context of all other page elements related to the same article: columns, graphics, etc.

In the WYSIWYG view, use mouse wheel to zoom in and out to inspect different aspects of the layout.

Note: many other software call such view a 'layout view'.