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FUNCTION

DESCRIPTION

Refresh All

Refresh all data.

Note: other refresh commands are in the View menu.

Fit submenu

Fit Paragraph

For the general description of fitting, see the Fitting Text to Frames chapter.

Shrink or stretch current paragraph. See Fit paragraph for one line (one-click).

Clear Fit

Clear fit.

See Remove paragraph fit.

Fit Text

Fit current text (all columns).

See Fit text by predefined fitting presets.

Distribute

Spread changes (if variable leading of paragrag spacing is used). See Distribute flexible spacing evenly.

Clear Distribution

Remove text fit and even distribution of flexible leading/spacing. See Remove text fit

View Copy Fit...

Display dialog with text copy fit values. See View and tune copy fit values.

Shrink Paragraph

Shrink current paragraph.

Stretch Paragraph

Stretch current paragraph.

Clear

Clear shrink/stretch of the current paragraph.

Fit Current Article

Fit all elements of the current article.

Manual fitting submenu

Point size: Increase, Decrease, Clear

Leading: Increase, Decrease, Clear

Hor.scale: Increase, Decrease, Clear

Track: Increase, Decrease, Clear

Offset: Increase, Decrease, Clear

Change type size and leading.

Change leading only.

Change horizontal scale.

Change characters tracking.

Change space above paragraph(s).

Text Justification submenu

Justify, Unjustify, Auto-Justification

Justify or unjustify text and toggle auto-justification.

Validate submenu

Verify Article, Show Article Content Errors, Show Current Text Errors

Validate article structure, and get the sum of total formatting errors in the entire article, or only in current text.

Create Area...

Create a local frame for the current text. See Add a frame to a text without geometry.

Add Article Elements submenu

Add Headline, Add Jump Headline, Add Web Headline, Add Web Body, Add Blog Post, Add SMS Body, Add Kicker, Add Subhead, Add Intro, Add Pullquote, Add Image, Add Video, Add Audio, Add Web URL

Add specified article element. See Add or remove article elements.

Edit in Photoshop

Edit current image in Photoshop. See Edit images in Adobe Photoshop