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Tracking
Tracking adjusts the space to the right of each character. Increasing the tracking increases the amount of space between all text, regardless of its character and word spacing, and thus brightens a page. Decreasing the tracking reduces the space between all text and darkens a page.
PageStream offers five predefined tracking tables ranging from ''Very Loose'' to ''Very Tight''. The tracking amount when you apply a tracking table depends on the type size; large sizes are tracked more tightly than small sizes. For example, the ''Normal'' track adds 0.01 ems between characters at 8 points and removes 0.02 ems at 24 points. No space is added or removed at 12 points. One em is equal to the size of the text, so adding 0.01 ems to 8 point type adds 0.08 points of space.
Select ''None'' to avoid using a preset tracking table. You can enter a custom tracking value if desired, and even use both a preset track and a custom value.
To change the tracking: Choose ''Tracking'' from the ''Type'' menu to display the ''Tracking'' dialog box, or use the ''Character'' view of the ''Edit palette''. Select a preset track from the ''Set Tracking'' pop-up menu. Enter a custom track amount in 1/100ths of an em.
You can also adjust tracking with keyboard shortcuts for selected text. If text is not selected, the characters at the insertion point will be manually kerned.
- To increase tracking by 0.05 em: Select the text and press Control ] (right bracket).
- To decrease tracking by 0.05 em: Select the text and press Control [ (left bracket).
| Note: Amiga and Windows users should hold down the Alt key for the Option key. |
Last Line Flush Zone: Enter the width of the justification zone for the last line of text in a paragraph. If the line ends within this zone, it will be force justified. Use this option with care because this can add an extreme amount of space between characters and words.
Font Specific Tracking
Tracking Sub-Section url:PGSuser/character#anchor185417
created:2006-04-15 21:35:23 last updated:2019-12-19 15:54:54
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