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This is what we'll adjust in this episode: proper paragraph alignment, first line indentation as a paragraph marker, and quotes that indent on both sides. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the Complete Adobe InDesign Series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Alignment and indentation affect the page's rhythm. The settings are available in the paragraph panel and the paragraph control panel. Open the article file, then click on the first paragraph with the Type tool.
Step 1: Paragraph mode in the Control panel
Click the paragraph icon on the left side of the control panel to switch to paragraph settings. Here you'll find alignment, indentation, and spacing buttons.
Step 2: Left align and justify
Left alignment, align left, creates a natural jagged right edge and consistent word spacing. It's suitable for narrow columns. Select all the text content, then click justify with less line aligned left. The left and right edges become straight, giving a neat appearance like in books and magazines. To mark the beginning of a paragraph, set the first line left indent to 5 mm.
Step 3: First line indent
The first line of each paragraph indents inward. With indentation, we don't need empty lines between paragraphs.
Step 4: Left and right indent for quotes
Click on the quoted paragraph. Set the left indent and right indent to 10 mm, and the first line indent to 0. Quotes indent from both sides, visually separating them from the content text. Add italic styling to make it even clearer.
Step 5: Center align
Click on the closing paragraph, then select center alignment. Center alignment is suitable for short text like invitations, cover titles, and closing paragraphs, but it's tiring for long paragraphs. All these settings are also available in the paragraph panel with Alt-Ctrl-T.
Step 6: Paragraph panel
This panel displays more options at once, such as last line right indent and book-style alignment for facing pages.
Done!
Done. We've used the paragraph mode in the control panel, selected left-aligned or justified alignment, adjusted verse line indent, left and right indent for quotes, center-aligned, and the paragraph panel. In the next episode, we'll adjust the spacing between paragraphs using space before and space after. Need a layout design for a magazine, book, brochure, product catalog, company profile, or annual report? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides layout and print design services, as well as open InDesign courses from beginner to advanced levels. Want to master the entire series? 104 episodes from the interface to magazine and book projects? All episodes, complete with PDF step-by-step guides, practice files, and project files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy a single class with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.
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