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                    Add rules (lines) above or below paragraphs
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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="#WS2F4D1546-83D9-44b5-9D2F-3A7C39A9F2BBa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Add a rule above or below a paragraph</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6dc0a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Remove a paragraph rule</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>Rules
are paragraph attributes that move and are resized along with the paragraph
on the page. If you’re using a rule with headings in your document, you
may want to make the rule part of a paragraph style definition.
The width of the rule is determined by the column width.</p>
<p>The
offset for a rule above a paragraph is measured from the baseline
of the top line of text to the bottom of the rule. The offset for
a rule below a paragraph is measured from the baseline of the last
line of text to the top of the rule.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="op_19" src="images/op_19.png" /><div class="figdesc">Placement of rules </div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Rule above paragraph</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Rule below
paragraph</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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<div id="WS2F4D1546-83D9-44b5-9D2F-3A7C39A9F2BBa" class="nochunk"><a name="WS2F4D1546-83D9-44b5-9D2F-3A7C39A9F2BBa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Add a rule above or below a paragraph</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select text.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Paragraph Rules from the Paragraph panel menu
or Control panel menu.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>At the top of the Paragraph Rule dialog box, select Rule
Above or Rule Below.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select Rule On.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If you want both a rule above and below, make sure that
Rule On is selected for both Rule Above and Rule Below.</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select Preview to see what the rule will look like.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>For Weight, choose a weight or type a value to determine
the thickness of the rule. For Rule Above, increasing the weight
expands the rule upwards. For Rule Below, increasing the weight
expands the rule downward.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select Overprint Stroke when you want to make sure that
the stroke doesn’t knock out underlying inks on a printing press.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Do one or both of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Choose a color. The available colors are
those listed in the Swatches panel. Select the Text Color option
to make the rule the same color as the first character in the paragraph
for Rule Above and the last character for Rule Below.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Choose a tint or specify a tint value. The tint
is based on the color you specified. Note that you can’t create
tints of the built-in colors None, Paper, Registration, or Text
Color.</p>
</li>
<li><p>If you specified any line type other than solid,
choose a gap color or gap tint to change the appearance of the area
between dashes, dots, or lines.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose the width of the rule. You can choose either Text
(from the left edge of text to the line end) or Column (from the
left edge of the column to the right edge of the column). If the
left edge of the frame has a column inset, the rule begins at the
inset.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To determine the vertical position of the rule, type
a value for Offset.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To make sure that the rule above text is drawn within
the text frame, select Keep Within Frame. If this option isn’t selected,
the rule can appear outside the text frame.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Set left or right indents for the rule (not for text)
by typing values for Left Indent and Right Indent.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select Overprint Stroke if the paragraph rule will be
printed over another color and you want to avoid errors that can
occur with printing misregistration. Then click&#160;OK.</span></li>
</ol>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6dc0a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6dc0a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Remove a paragraph rule</h3><div><ol><li><span>Using the Type tool&#160;<img src="images/P_TypeHoriz_Lg_N.png" />, click
in the paragraph containing the paragraph rule.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Paragraph Rules from the Paragraph panel menu
or Control panel menu.</span></li>
<li><span>Deselect Rule On and click&#160;OK.</span></li>
</ol>
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