• Paragraph Formatting
  • About paragraph formatting and spacing
  • To adjust paragraph spacing
  • To adjust line spacing
  • To adjust paragraph alignment
  • To adjust the paragraph vertical position
  • To align text in two columns in the same vertical position
  • To position a line at a precise vertical position
  • To align paragraph text
  • To indent paragraphs
  • To adjust paragraph height
  • To keep more than one paragraph together on a page
  • To keep the lines of a paragraph together
  • To keep individual words or cells together
  • To apply paragraph borders and shading
  • To add shading to input paragraphs
  • To remove paragraph borders and shading
  • To copy paragraph formatting
  • To apply paragraph styles
  • To specify a style for the following paragraph

About Paragraph Formatting and Spacing

Formatting

The appearance of a CaseView document depends largely on which formatting is applied to the various paragraphs.

To change the formatting of a paragraph, select the paragraph and then apply the desired formats. It is not necessary to select all of the text in a paragraph; just position the insertion point in the paragraph, or select any amount of text in the paragraph.

On the Home tab, clicking Paragraph opens the Paragraph dialog and allows the user access to formatting options. This dialog is accessible in Design Mode and in Form Mode with Editing Enabled if permissions are set to allow access.

Tips

• Holding Shift while opening the Paragraph dialog displays the paragraph number of the selected paragraph in the title bar of the dialog. If more than one paragraph is selected, the range of paragraph numbers display.
• Press Ctrl+G to quickly access the Paragraph dialog.

• You can copy formatted text from Microsoft Word and paste it into CaseView to retain the style. Create a new style from the text to reuse the formatting. However, not all formatted text can be copied into CaseView.

Spacing

Instead of pressing Enter to add blank lines after a paragraph, use the Paragraph command on the Home tab to add space before and after the paragraph, to adjust line spacing in the paragraph and to set the paragraph's height exactly.

Related Topics

• About Paragraphs

Alignment and spacing

• Adjusting Paragraph Spacing
  • Adjusting Line Spacing
• Adjusting Paragraph Alignment
• Adjusting the Paragraph Vertical Position
  • Aligning Text in Two Columns in the Same Vertical Position
  • Positioning a Line at a Precise Vertical Position
• Aligning Paragraph Text
• Indenting Paragraphs

• Adjusting Paragraph Height
• Keeping More than One Paragraph Together on a Page
• Keeping the Lines of a Paragraph Together
• Keep Individual Words or Cells Together

Borders and shading

• Applying Paragraph Borders and Shading
  • Adding Shading to Input Paragraphs
• Removing Paragraph Borders and Shading

Formatting

• Copying Paragraph Formatting
• Applying Paragraph Styles
• Specifying a Style for the Following Paragraph