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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-6dc3a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Create a drop cap</h4>
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</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>You can add drop caps to one or more paragraphs
at a time. The drop cap’s baseline sits one or more lines below
the baseline of the first line of a paragraph. </p>
<p>You
can also create a character style that can be applied to the drop‑cap characters.
For example, you can create a tall cap (also called a <dfn class="term">raised
cap</dfn>) by specifying a 1‑line, 1‑character drop cap and applying
a character style that increases the size of the first letter.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="op_17" src="images/op_17.png" /><div class="figdesc">One-character, three-line drop cap (left), and five-character,
two-line drop cap (right)</div><br /></div></div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6dc3a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6dc3a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create a drop cap</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>With
the Type tool&#160;<img src="images/P_TypeHoriz_Lg_N.png" /> selected,
click in the paragraph where you want the drop cap to appear.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Paragraph panel or Control panel, type a number
for Drop Cap Number Of Lines&#160;<img src="images/P_ParagraphVScale_Md_N.png" /> to
indicate the number of lines you want the drop cap to occupy.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>For Drop Cap One Or More Characters&#160;<img src="images/P_ParagraphHScale_Md_N.png" />, type
the number of drop cap characters you want.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To apply a character style to the drop cap character,
choose Drop Caps And Nested Styles from the Paragraph panel menu
or the Control panel menu, and then choose the character style you
created. </span> <div class="para"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You
can also use the Drop Caps And Nested Styles dialog box to align
the drop cap to the text edge, reducing the amount of space on the
left side of the drop cap, and adjust for drop cap letters with
descenders, such as “g” and “y.” If you want to resize, skew, or
change the typeface of the drop cap letter for added effect, select
the letter or letters and make the formatting changes.</div></div>
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the Type tool&#160;<img src="images/P_TypeHoriz_Lg_N.png" /> selected,
click in the paragraph where the drop cap appears.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Paragraph panel or Control panel, type <kbd class="userinput">0</kbd> for
Drop Cap Number Of Lines or Drop Cap Number Of Characters.</span></li>
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