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27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0">
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29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textswriter0105030400xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Drop Caps</title>
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33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<history>
34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2006-11-03T09:00:18">UFI: added index entries, #i38019#</lastedited>
36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</history>
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38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body>
39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="initialen">
40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id7635731"><bookmark_value>first letters as large capital letters</bookmark_value>
41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>capital letters;starting paragraphs</bookmark_value>
42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>drop caps insertion</bookmark_value>
43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark>
44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_HID_DROPCAPS" id="bm_id3151239" localize="false"/>
45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150252" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/swriter/01/05030400.xhp" name="Drop Caps">Drop Caps</link></paragraph>
46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="2"><ahelp hid="HID_DROPCAPS">Formats the first letter of a paragraph with a large capital letter, that can span several lines. The paragraph must span at least as many lines as you specify in the Lines box.</ahelp></paragraph>
47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section>
48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="howtoget">
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51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151388" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Settings</paragraph>
52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sw:CheckBox:TP_DROPCAPS:CB_SWITCH" id="bm_id3146322" localize="false"/>
53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147295" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="5">Show Drop Caps</paragraph>
54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150536" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="SW_CHECKBOX_TP_DROPCAPS_CB_SWITCH">Applies the drop cap settings to the selected paragraph.</ahelp></paragraph>
55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sw:CheckBox:TP_DROPCAPS:CB_WORD" id="bm_id3145824" localize="false"/>
56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155626" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="19">Whole word</paragraph>
57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154554" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20"><ahelp hid="SW_CHECKBOX_TP_DROPCAPS_CB_WORD">Displays the first letter of the first word in the paragraph as a drop cap, and the remaining letters of the word as large type.</ahelp></paragraph>
58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sw:NumericField:TP_DROPCAPS:FLD_DROPCAPS" id="bm_id3150020" localize="false"/>
59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154505" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">Number of characters</paragraph>
60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149881" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="SW_NUMERICFIELD_TP_DROPCAPS_FLD_DROPCAPS">Enter the number of characters to convert to drop caps. </ahelp></paragraph>
61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sw:NumericField:TP_DROPCAPS:FLD_LINES" id="bm_id3148775" localize="false"/>
62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150932" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="9">Lines</paragraph>
63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148391" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="SW_NUMERICFIELD_TP_DROPCAPS_FLD_LINES">Enter the number of lines that you want the drop cap to extend downward from the first line of the paragraph. Shorter paragraphs will not get drop caps.</ahelp> The selection is limited to 2-9 lines.</paragraph>
64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sw:MetricField:TP_DROPCAPS:FLD_DISTANCE" id="bm_id3153920" localize="false"/>
65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149030" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="11">Distance from text</paragraph>
66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153926" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12"><ahelp hid="SW_METRICFIELD_TP_DROPCAPS_FLD_DISTANCE">Enter the amount of space to leave between the drop caps and the rest of the text in the paragraph.</ahelp></paragraph>
67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153723" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="13">Contents</paragraph>
68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sw:Edit:TP_DROPCAPS:EDT_TEXT" id="bm_id3147564" localize="false"/>
69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154638" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="15">Text</paragraph>
70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147569" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16"><ahelp hid="SW_EDIT_TP_DROPCAPS_EDT_TEXT">Enter the text that you want to display as drop caps instead of the first letters of the paragraph.</ahelp></paragraph>
71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sw:ListBox:TP_DROPCAPS:BOX_TEMPLATE" id="bm_id3156321" localize="false"/>
72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150763" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="17">Character Style</paragraph>
73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151181" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18"><ahelp hid="SW_LISTBOX_TP_DROPCAPS_BOX_TEMPLATE">Select the formatting style that you want to apply to the drop caps.</ahelp> To use the formatting style of the current paragraph, select [None].</paragraph>
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