Align and justify text
You can align text to one edge of a paragraph (left, center, or right for horizontal text; top, center, or bottom for vertical text) and justify text to both edges of a paragraph. Alignment options are available for both point text and paragraph text; justification options are available only for paragraph text.
- To specify alignment, in the Paragraph
panel, click an alignment option:
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- Aligns horizontal text to the left, leaving the right edge of the paragraph ragged.
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- Aligns horizontal text to the center, leaving both edges of the paragraph ragged.
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- Aligns horizontal text to the right, leaving the left edge of the paragraph ragged.
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- Aligns vertical text to the top, leaving the bottom edge of the paragraph ragged.
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- Aligns vertical text to the center, leaving both the top and bottom edges of the paragraph ragged.
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- Aligns vertical text to the bottom, leaving the top edge of the paragraph ragged.
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To
specify justification for paragraph text, in the Paragraph panel,
click a justification option:
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- Justifies all horizontal lines except the last, which is left-aligned.
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- Justifies all horizontal lines except the last, which is center-aligned.
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- Justifies all horizontal lines except the last, which is right-aligned.
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- Justifies all horizontal lines including the last, which is force-justified.
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- Justifies all vertical lines except the last, which is top-aligned.
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- Justifies all vertical lines except the last, which is center-aligned.
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- Justifies all vertical lines except the last, which is bottom-aligned.
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- Justifies all vertical lines including the last, which is force-justified.
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