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About Dialog Boxes

About Dialog Boxes

This document provides examples of the three most used dialog boxes in PageMaker.

return to topThe Character Specifications Dialog Box

The Character Specifications dialog box is used to define how the text appears. Many of these options are also available as individual choices from the Type menu and the Control Palette.

To open the Character Specifications dialog box:

  1. From the Type menu, select Character…
    The Character Specifications dialog box appears.
    character specifications dialog box

return to topThe Paragraph Specifications Dialog Box

The Paragraph Specifications dialog box is used to define paragraph characteristics including indents from the left and right margin and the first line of text. It also defines the amount of space that appears before and after the paragraph (can be used in place of pressing an extra return between paragraphs to add spacing), and special paragraph formatting including widow and orphan control and page breaks.
NOTE: Widows and orphans are words or short lines that become separated from the other lines in a paragraph at either the top (orphan) or bottom (window) of a page. 

To open the Paragraph Specifications dialog box:

  1. From the Type menu, select Paragraph…
    The Paragraph Specifications dialog box appears.
    paragraph specifications dialog box

return to topThe Fill & Stroke Dialog Box

The Fill & Stroke dialog box is used to define the formatting characteristics of elements created with the PageMaker drawing tools.  The Fill feature lets you specify patterns and the Stroke feature lets you specify line weight.  In this dialog box, you can also control the color of the elements and how they will appear in respect to the background.

To open the Fill & Stroke dialog box:

  1. From the Element menu, select Fill and Stroke…
    The Fill and Stroke dialog box appears.
    fill and stroke dialog box

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