Working with VivaDesigner

Working with VivaDesigner
4.2 Indents
You can define indents with the Module Palette, or
you can define them in the Indents dialog.
Select the command Indents from the Text menu.
1 The commands in the Indents dialog determine the
spacing between the edges of the text object and the
text. The command is available when a text object has
been selected and activated by placing the cursor in
the text.
2 All values entered are additional to those you have
entered in the Object > Special Settings dialog.
The program does not check whether the values
entered are greater than the width of the text object
or the corresponding column. If this is the case the text
will automatically be broken to the next text object in
which it can be displayed with the indents set. If there
is no appropriately wide object in the text chain, the
overflow symbol will be displayed.
3 The measurement unit for these fields is determined
by the Measurements tab in the Preferences
dialog.
4 The command Left defines the space on the left
between the text within the frame effective from the
second line of a paragraph. The command has no
effect on the first line of the paragraph.
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The command Right defines the space on the right
hand side between the text object and the text within
the frame.
5 The command Paragraph Indent defines the space
on the left between the text within the frame for the
first line of a paragraph.
6 The checkbox Drop Caps defines that the beginning
of a paragraph will include Drop Caps. These are
the first few characters of a paragraph, and are larger
than the main body text. If the checkbox is activated,
the fields Characters, Lines and Drop Cap Indent
may be selected.
7 Characters defines the number of characters that
are to appear as Drop Caps at the beginning of a paragraph.
The field accepts round figures between 1 and 8.
8 Lines defines the height of the Drop Cap characters,
expressed in the number of lines. The field accepts
round figures between 2 and 16 lines.
9 Drop Cap Indent defines the spacing between the
main body text and the Drop Cap. The indent is
defined as the space between the last Drop Cap character
and the first character of the main body text.
The Drop Cap height can only be calculated correctly
when the font size and line spacing of the main body
text are the same for all lines.
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