Psion Teklogix netBook, 32M/64M manual Formatting paragraphs, Aligning paragraphs, Indents & tabs

Formatting paragraphs

Many formatting and spacing options can be applied to whole paragraphs. A paragraph may be a single word or title, a standard paragraph of text, or several lines grouped together, e.g. an address.

Each time you press the Enter key you start a new paragraph.

To start a new line without starting a new paragraph (e.g. for an address), hold down Shift and press Enter to insert a “forced line break”.

∙To apply formatting to an entire paragraph, e.g. to change the horizontal alignment, place the cursor within the text of the paragraph using the pen or arrow keys, then tap the button or select the menu option. To apply formatting to a number of paragraphs, make sure that the highlight covers at least part of each paragraph. You don’t need to highlight all the text in the paragraphs you want to format.

Aligning paragraphs

Alignment changes the horizontal position of paragraphs on the page. You may wish to align the text left or right with the appropriate margin, centre a title, or justify text to align both edges with the margins.

∙To change the alignment: select the paragraph(s) to align,

then tap or select the command from the Paragraph menu, then select the alignment you want.

Note: Margins are set as part of the file’s page setup. See ‘How the page looks’ later for more information.

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Indents & tabs

Indents set the position of a paragraph between the margins, while tabs allow you to line up text on the page.

You can set left, right and first line indents for selected paragraphs by selecting the command from the Paragraph menu and entering a measurement (measured from the existing margins) in the boxes. The left indent applies to all lines except the first line, so that you can create a “hanging indent” by applying different left and first line settings.

You can change the standard tab setting, and set up custom tab stops for individual paragraphs by selecting the command from the Paragraph menu.

Bullets & symbols

To emphasise paragraphs that are items on a list you can precede each paragraph with a bullet.

∙To add a bullet to a paragraph, tap or select the command from the Paragraph menu. Use the menu command to change the bullet format, i.e. the size or colour of the bullet character, or the character to use.