130 Macintosh
User's
Handbook
take a bit of practice to properly select a margin pointer as the
arrow
must be precisely positioned to grab the marker.
Notice the,
t,
symbol in the left
portion
of
the ruler. This
is
actually two overlapped markers. Position the
arrow
over the
symbol and try
to
move it. Most likely you grabbed a symbol
which resembles this,
1.
This
is
the indentation marker. This
marker will position the first line in each paragraph. A
paragraph
is
defined as
any
string
of
characters ending with a
Return character. Although you
cannot
see the Return charac-
ter, it plays a crucial role in text editing
and
formatting. Thus,
just
one line
can
denote a
paragraph
if it ends in a Return.
Position the indentation
marker
on the 2 inch mark.
As
with
right margin adjustment, the text conforms itself
to
the new
criteria.
The remaining marker
is
the left margin marker.
It
is
identical to the right margin marker
and
serves a similar func-
tion. Set the left margin
at
I
Y2
inches using the same method
employed for the right. The result should resemble
that
depicted in figure 5.5.
Now
we
are ready
to
set the spacing
and
justification.
Notice the three small blocks in the area beneath the ruler
graduations between
2Y2
and
4 inches. These are the spacing
blocks. The left, center,
and
right denote single, one-and-a-
half,
and
double spacing, respectively. They are selection
blocks similar
to
those already used.
To select
an
option, position the
arrow
on
the
appropriate
block
and
press the mouse button. Notice the single-space
block
is
inverted. In other words, it appears white
on
black as
opposed to black
on
white. This indicates that it
is
set. This
preset* will
appear
any
time a document
is
originated
and
remains until the document
is
altered. Place the arrow on the
c~nter
block and press the mouse button. The text now appears
with I
Y2
line spacing as shown in figure 5.6.
* This
is
the setting the Mac
will
accomplish
on
its own.
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