Apple Numbers '08 - Manual (Page 133)

Chapter 7 Working with Text 133
Adjusting the Spacing Before or After a Paragraph
You can increase or decrease the spacing before or after paragraphs.
To adjust the amount of space before or after a paragraph:
1 Select the paragraphs you want to change.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Text Inspector button, and then click Text.
3 Drag the Before Paragraph or After Paragraph slider. You can also specify a precise value
(5 pt, for example) in the text boxes.
If the Before Paragraph or After Paragraph values for adjacent paragraphs aren’t equal,
the higher spacing value will be used. For example, if the current paragraph’s Before
Paragraph value is 12 points and the paragraph preceding it has an After Paragraph
value of 14 points, the spacing between paragraphs will be 14 points.
Spacing before a paragraph does not appear if the paragraph is the first paragraph in a
text box, shape, or table cell.
To set spacing around text in boxes, shapes, and table cells, use the Inset Margin
control, described in “Changing the Inset Margin of Text in Objects” on page 136.
Adjusting the Spacing Between Characters
You can increase or decrease the amount of space between characters.
To adjust the amount of space between characters:
1 Select the text you want to change, or click where you want to type new text.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Text Inspector button, and then click Text.
3 Drag the Character slider or specify a new percentage in the Character field.
You can also adjust the space between selected characters by choosing Format >
Font > Kern and choosing an option from the submenu.
Changing Text Color
You can change text color by using the Format Bar, the Text Inspector, and the Font
panel. Changes you make with any of these tools overrides color changes already made
with the other tools.
Before changing text color, select the text whose color you want to change, or click in
the text to set the insertion point.