With the drop cap selected, raise the baseline 50 points using the Baseline Shift. It's highlighted in the screenshot below. Let's also adjust the Tracking in the Character panel. Select the drop cap, and then set the Tracking to 40. Notice how this moves the body copy away from the drop cap. Baseline shift A function within InDesign that allows a character to be raised or lowered relative to the baseline. In InDesign, the Baseline Shift control is located on the type character control panel at the top of the screen, just to the right of the tracking control.

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You usethe Align panel (Window > Object & Layout >Align) to align or distribute objects horizontally or verticallyalong the selection, margins, page, or spread. Consider the followingwhen working with the Align panel:

• The Align panel doesn’t affect objects to which you’veapplied the Lock Position command, and doesn’t change the alignmentof text paragraphs within their frames.

• Text alignment is not affected by the Align Objects options.(See Alignor justify text.)

• You can use the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box (Edit >Keyboard Shortcuts) to create custom align and distribute shortcuts.(Under Product Area, select Object Editing.)

Youcan use the Align panel to align or space selected objects horizontallyor vertically to the selection, margins, page, or spread.

Choose Window > Object & Layout >Align to display the Align panel.
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To show or hide additional panel options,choose Show Options or Hide Options from the panel menu.
From the menu at the bottom of the panel, specify whetheryou want to align or distribute objects based on the selection,margins, page, or spread.
• To align objects, click the button for the type of alignment you want.
• To distribute objects, click the button for the type of distribution you want. For example, if you click the Distribute Left Edges button when Align To Selection is turned on, InDesign makes sure that there is an equal amount of space from left edge to left edge of each selected object.
Using the Distribute Horizontal Centers option for even spacing

A. Creates even spacing between the centers of each object B. Keeps the overall width the same as before the transformation
• To set the space between objects, either center to center or edge to matching edge, select Use Spacing under Distribute Objects, and then type the amount of space you want to apply. Click a button to distribute the selected objects along their horizontal or vertical axes.
Using the Distribute Horizontal Centers option and adding a value for Use Spacing

A. Spaces the objects evenly from their centers by a specified value B. Changes the overall width of the objects as a whole
• To set the space between objects (facing edge to facing edge), under Distribute Spacing, select Use Spacing and type the amount of space you want between the objects. (If Distribute Spacing is not visible, choose Show Options in the Align Panel menu.) Then, click the Distribute Spacing button to distribute the objects along their horizontal or vertical axes.
Using the Distribute Horizontal Space option and adding a value for Use Spacing

A. Creates spaces of a specified value between each object B. Changes the overall width of the objects as a whole

When you use spacing with vertical distribution, selectedobjects are spaced from top to bottom, starting with the top-mostobject. When you use spacing with horizontal distribution, selectedobjects are spaced from left to right, starting from the left-mostobject.

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You can also use the Smart Spacingfeature to align or distribute objects while moving them. For example,if two vertical objects are 12 points apart, moving a third object12 points below the second object causes temporary guides to appear, allowingyou to snap the object into alignment.

The Gap tool provides a quick way to adjust the size of a gap between two or more objects. It also lets you resize several objects that have commonly aligned edges simultaneously, while keeping the gaps between them fixed. It’s a one-step way to adjust your layout by directly manipulating the space between objects.

The Gap tool ignores locked objects and master page items.

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Move the pointer between two objects, and do any of the followingactions:

• Drag to move the gap and resize all objectsaligned along the gap.

• Shift-drag to move the gap between only the two nearest objects.

• Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) to resize thegap instead of moving it. Adding the Shift key resizes the gap betweenonly the two nearest objects.

• Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) to move the gapand objects in the same direction. Adding the Shift key moves onlythe two nearest objects.

• Ctrl+Alt-drag (Windows) or Command+Option-drag (Mac OS) toresize the gap and move the objects. Adding the Shift key to resizethe gap and move only the two nearest objects.

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To view hints on using the Gap tool, select theGap tool and open the Tool Hints panel (Window > Utilities >Tool Hints).

When transforming multiple selected objects, you can resize the space between the selected objects proportionally instead of resizing the actual objects. For example, if you want to change the spacing between five aligned rectangles, you can do so without using any Distribute commands.

Start dragging a selection handle and hold down the Spacebarwhile dragging. Continue dragging to change the spacing betweenthe objects.

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