You use the Paragraph palette to change the formatting of columns and paragraphs. To display the palette, choose Window > Paragraph, or click the Paragraph palette tab if the palette is visible but not active. You can also select a type tool and click the Palette button  in the options bar.

To set options with numeric values in the Paragraph palette, you can use the up and down arrows or edit the value directly in the text box. When you edit a value directly, press Enter or Return to apply a value, Shift+Enter or Shift+Return to apply a value and then highlight the value just edited, or Tab to apply a value and move to the next text box in the palette.

Paragraph palette

A.

Alignment and justification

B.

Left indent

C.

First line left indent

D.

Space before paragraph

E.

Hyphenation

F.

Right indent

G.

Space after paragraph

You can access additional commands and options in the Paragraph palette menu. To use this menu, click the triangle in the upper right corner of the palette. If the palette is docked, click the triangle in the palette tab.