Paragraph tab - Paragraph dialog

Controls the appearance of paragraphs. A paragraph is any text to the left of a paragraph mark ().

Justification and Indent

Alignment

Select the alignment of a paragraph in relation to the indents.

Select	To
Left	Aligns the contents of a paragraph at the left indent.
Flush	Expands spaces in the lines to align the contents of the paragraph evenly between the left and right indents.
Center	Centers the contents of the paragraph between the left and right indents.
Right	Aligns the contents of the paragraph at the right indent.

Indents

Determines the position of the contents of the paragraph to the left and right margins.

First line

Type or select the distance you want to indent the first line of a paragraph. The indent position is relative to the existing left indent.

Left

Type or select the distance you want to indent a paragraph from the left margin.

Right

Type or select the distance you want to indent a paragraph from the right margin.

Pagination

Sets rules for how CaseView handles line breaks and page breaks for a paragraph.

Keep with:

Select	To
None	Sets no limits to page breaks
Next	Prevents a page break between the selected paragraph and the following paragraph – regardless of whether the next paragraph prints or not.
Next printed	Prevents a page break between the selected paragraph and the next printed paragraph - no matter how many non-printing paragraphs between the two paragraphs.

Keep together

Prevents a page break within a paragraph. A paragraph is any amount of text to the left of a paragraph mark ().

This option is not used to keep rows within a table together. To keep table rows together, you can use the Keep Together option in the Section dialog.

Page break before

Inserts a page break before a paragraph.

Spacing

Determines the amount of space between lines and between paragraphs.

Line spacing

Determines the amount of vertical space between lines of text.

Select	To:
Single	Sets the line spacing for each line to the equivalent of 10 point text.
1 ½	Sets the line spacing for each line to one-and-a-half times that of single line spacing. For example, in 1 1/2 line-spaced lines of 10 point text, line spacing is approximately 15 points.
Double	Sets the line spacing for each line to twice that of single line spacing. For example, in double-spaced lines of 10 point text, the line spacing is approximately 20 points.
At least	Sets a minimum line spacing that CaseView can adjust to accommodate larger font sizes that would not otherwise fit within the specified spacing. Type or select the minimum amount of line spacing in the box provided.
At most	Sets a maximum line spacing that CaseView can adjust to accommodate smaller font sizes. Type or select the maximum amount of line spacing in the box provided.
Exactly	Sets a fixed line spacing that CaseView does not adjust. Type or select the amount of line spacing in the box provided
Multiple	Allows line spacing to be increased or decreased by any percentage. For example, setting line spacing to a multiple of 1.5 will increase line spacing by 50 percent whereas setting line spacing to a multiple of 0.7 will decrease line spacing by 30 percent. Type or select the amount of line spacing in the box provided.

Paragraph height

Determines the height of the paragraph.

Select	To:
Auto	Automatically adjust its height as text is entered. An unlimited amount of text can be input.
At least	Set a minimum height setting that increases as new lines are added. An unlimited amount of text can be input. Type or select the minimum paragraph height in the box provided.
At most	Set a maximum height setting that cannot be expanded beyond the specification in the Paragraph height box. Type or select the maximum paragraph height in the box provided.
Exactly	Set a fixed paragraph height. Type or select the paragraph height in the box provided.

Before

Type or select the amount of space you want before the first line of each selected paragraph.

Note: If you have inserted a page break, using Page Break Before, Working Papers/Time treats the page break as existing at the beginning of the paragraph. Spacing before does not show between the page break and the text.

Before (page top)

Paragraphs in CaseView have a property called "Before (page top)" that enables a custom spacing to be set if this paragraph is the first to appear on a page. This property can be used to prevent unwanted space from being inserted before the first paragraph on each page. Often the space needed must be set specially to separate the first paragraph from headers and carry forwards. This property is automatically set to zero space if the first paragraph on a page is within a table.

This property is not used if the paragraph

• is not in the main body because it's a header or footer, etc.;

• is not the first paragraph in a page; or

• value is set to Automatic.

In all those cases the normal Space Before value is used.

After

Type or select the amount of space you want after the last line of each selected paragraph.

Options

Context menu

To enable an existing context menu to be available from this paragraph, select its name in the list. Click the button to launch the Context Menu editor, allowing access to add, copy, rename or delete a context menu.

Allow modification of contents in Form ModePermit editing in Form Mode

Allows the modification of the paragraph contents while in the Form Mode.

Clear contents on Roll Forward

Select to delete the paragraph contents during a roll forward.

Apply sibling styles only

Limits styles that can be applied to the paragraph in Form Mode with Editing Enabled. With this check box selected, users can select only styles that are children of the same parent style. For example, if the style Style1 has three styles created based on it, StyleA, StyleB and StyleC, and StyleA is applied to the paragraph, with this check box selected, users could only apply StyleB or StyleC to the paragraph if modifying the style.

To use this feature, the apply styles permissions must be enabled.

Skip

Determines an automatic skip condition for a paragraph.

Print

Select	To
None	If selected, CaseView will never skip the paragraph when printing.
If all numeric, radio button and check box cells zero	Will skip the line when printing if all numeric cells, including radio buttons and check boxes, within the paragraph are zero.
If all numeric cells zero	Will skip the line when printing if all numeric cells within the paragraph - not including radio button and check box values – are zero.
If all cells blank	Skips the line when printing if all cells within the paragraph are blank.
Always	Will always skip the paragraph when printing.

Condition

Enter a logical skip condition to prevent the row from printing when the skip criteria are met. Click the button to access the Calculation Editor and create a skip condition.

Hide

Enter conditions and actions for hiding a paragraph.

Action

Determines display conditions in the Form Mode. If hiding options are not used for the Form Mode, access Print Preview to view the document as it will be printed with all skips considered.

Select	To
None	Display the paragraph in the Form Mode at all times.
Hide if show button is not pressed	Display the skipping paragraph in the Form Mode if the Skipped text option on the View tab is selected.
Always hide	Select to hide the skipping paragraph in the Form Mode at all times.

Condition

Enter a hide condition to be used to control the displaying of skipped text in the Form Mode. You can use any expression to determine the displaying of the skipped paragraph in the Form Mode. For example, c100=500 always hides the skipped paragraph if cell number c100 has a value of 500. Click the button to access the Calculation Editor and create a hide condition.

You can also use the GETHIDE function to determine the appearance of the skipping paragraph in the Form Mode. The GETHIDE function displays or hides skipping paragraphs in the Form Mode based on the Show Skipped Text button being selected or deselected. How?

Hide only if paragraph is skipped

Select this option to use the hide action only when the paragraph is also set to skip when printing. When this option is not selected, the hide and the skip conditions are treated separately.

Related Topics

• Paragraph