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                    Compose text
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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d96a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Composition methods</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d95a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Choose a composition method for a paragraph</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d94a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Set composition preferences</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><p>The
appearance of text on your page depends on a complex interaction
of processes called <dfn class="term">composition</dfn>. Using the word spacing,
letterspacing, glyph scaling, and hyphenation options you’ve selected, InDesign composes your type in a way that
best supports the specified parameters.</p>
<p>InDesign offers two composition methods:
Adobe Paragraph Composer (the default) and Adobe Single-line Composer
(both are available from the Control panel menu). You can select
which composer to use from the Paragraph panel menu, the Justification
dialog box, or the Control panel menu.</p>
<p>For a video on working with text, see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0075" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0075</a>.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d96a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d96a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Composition methods</h3><div><p>InDesign offers two composition methods:
Adobe Paragraph Composer (the default) and Adobe Single-line Composer.
Both composition methods evaluate possible breaks, and choose those
that best support the hyphenation and justification options you’ve
specified for a given paragraph.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">The Adobe Paragraph Composer</h4><p>Considers a network of breakpoints
for an entire paragraph, and thus can optimize earlier lines in
the paragraph in order to eliminate especially unattractive breaks
later on. Paragraph composition results in more even spacing with
fewer hyphens.</p>
<p>The Paragraph Composer approaches composition
by identifying possible breakpoints, evaluating them, and assigning
a weighted penalty to them based on such principles as evenness
of letterspacing, word spacing, and hyphenation.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You
can use the Hyphenation dialog box to determine the relationship
between better spacing and fewer hyphens. (See <a href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d93a.html">Hyphenate text</a>.)</div></div>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">The Adobe Single-line Composer</h4><p>Offers a traditional approach
to composing text one line at a time. This option is useful if you
want to restrict composition changes from late-stage edits.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d95a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d95a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Choose a composition method for a paragraph</h3><div><div class="para"><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Do any of the following:<ul><li><p>From the Paragraph panel menu, choose Adobe
Paragraph Composer (the default) or Adobe Single-line Composer.</p>
</li>
<li><p>From the Paragraph panel menu or the Control panel menu,
choose Justification, and then choose an option from the Composer
menu.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Additional composition engine plug‑ins from other companies
may be available, along with interfaces that let you customize an
engine’s parameters.</div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d94a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d94a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Set composition preferences</h3><div><ol><li><p>Choose
Edit&#160;&gt; Preferences&#160;&gt; Composition (Windows)
or InDesign&#160;&gt; Preferences&#160;&gt;
Composition (Mac&#160;OS).</p>
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<li><p>To use on‑screen highlighting to identify compositional problems,
select Keep Violations And H&amp;J Violations (hyphenation and justification). </p>
</li>
<li><p>To justify text that wraps around an object, select Justify
Text Next To An Object.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Click&#160;OK.</p>
</li>
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