Fit text by setting flexible leading

1.Select all text paragraphs you want to fit.

2.On the Type menu, point to Paragraph, and then click Paragraph Palette.

3.On the V. just tab, in the Stretching box of the Vertical Just. Paragraph section, enter the amount of additional leading, expressed in any allowed typographical measurement unit, e.g. if you enter 1pt, it means the current leading may be increased for max. 1pt.

4.In the Shrinking box of the same section, enter the amount of additional leading, expressed in any allowed typographical measurement unit, e.g. if you enter 1pt, it means the current leading may be decreased for max. 1pt. You can also leave the shrinking value to 0. That means the current leading cannot be decreased.

5.Ensure that both grid alignment values are set to 0, otherwise the flexible leading won't work.

1.Run EdAdmin4 and then under Editorial Configuration section, click Formats.

2.In the Typography list, select the typography in which you want to modify a format.

3.When the listing of formats is displayed, double-click the format you want to edit.

4.In the Edit format <name> dialog box, under Status, click the Paragraph button.

5.On the V. just tab, in the Stretching box of the Vertical Just. Paragraph section, enter the amount of additional leading, expressed in any allowed typographical measurement unit, e.g. if you enter 1pt, it means the current leading may be increased for max. 1pt.

6.In the Shrinking box of the same section, enter the amount of additional leading, expressed in any allowed typographical measurement unit, e.g. if you enter 1pt, it means the current leading may be decreased for max. 1pt. You can also leave the shrinking value to 0. That means the current leading cannot be decreased.

7.Ensure that both grid alignment values are set to 0, otherwise the flexible leading won't work.

You can fit all the text by entering the >ld value,plus,minus< tag directly in the text, in the first paragraph from which you want to apply the fitting. Note: you need to display tags in the source pane in order to be able to enter tags. See Turn on and off tags in the source view.

An example of the >ld..< tag might be:

>ld LD,1pt,0.5pt<>default<

This will variate the current leading by increasing it up for max. 1pt - if the text is too short for the assigned frame - or, by decreasing it down for max 0.5pt - if the text is too long for the assigned frame. If the leading is, by example, 9pt, the software may set it to any value between 8.5pt and 10pt.

You can also leave the third parameter as 0 - that means that the leading cannot be decreased.

Please notice that, without >default< tag, the effects of >ld..< tag would be limited to the current paragraph. If the >ld value,plus,minus< tag is followed by the >default< tag, the flexible leading is applied on all paragraphs from that point down, except the ones that have a different >ld.. < tag applied.

See ld tag for more information about the tag and examples.

You can fit all the table by entering the >ld value,plus,minus< tag directly in the text, in the same paragraph which contains the >table..< tag, putting it before the table tag. Note: you need to display tags in the source pane in order to be able to enter tags. See Turn on and off tags in the source view.

An example of the >ld..< tag might be:

>ld LD,1pt,0.5pt<>default<>table...<

This will variate the current leading by increasing it up for max. 1pt - if the text is too short for the assigned frame - or, by decreasing it down for max 0.5pt - if the text is too long for the assigned frame. If the leading is, by example, 9pt, the software may set it to any value between 8.5pt and 10pt.

You can also leave the third parameter as 0 - that means that the leading cannot be decreased.

See ld tag for more information about the tag and examples.