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Changing the space between characters, lines, and paragraphs

Using the Text inspector in iWeb, you can change the spacing between characters in text, as well as the space between lines of text and between paragraphs. This ability to fine-tune your text can help you improve the legibility of your webpages and present text in visually interesting ways.

To change the space between characters:

  1. Select the text you want to change (by selecting the text box or dragging to select specific text), or click in a text box where you want to type new text.

  2. If the Text inspector isn’t open, click the Inspector button in the toolbar at the bottom of the iWeb window (or choose View > Show Inspector), and then click the Text button.

  3. Image of the Text pane of the Text Inspector.
  4. In the Text pane, drag the Character slider, or type a new percentage in the Character field.

To change the space between lines of text:

  1. Click in the paragraph you want to change, or select more than one paragraph by dragging to highlight specific text.

    You can also select a text box to modify all the text it contains.

  2. If the Text inspector isn’t open, click Inspector in the toolbar at the bottom of the iWeb window (or choose View > Show Inspector), and then click the Text button.

  3. In the Text pane, do one of the following:

    • Drag the Line slider.

    • Type a number (up to 10) in the Line field, or click the arrows to the right of it.

    • Click the arrows below the Line field.

To change the spacing between paragraphs:

  1. Click in the paragraph you want to change, or select more than one paragraph by dragging to highlight specific text.

    You can also select a text box to change all the paragraphs it contains.

  2. If the Text inspector isn’t open, click Inspector in the toolbar at the bottom of the iWeb window (or choose View > Show Inspector), and then click the Text button.

  3. In the Text pane, do one of the following:

    • Drag the Before Paragraph or After Paragraph sliders.

    • Type a number in the fields to the right of the sliders, or use the arrows to change the numbers in the fields.

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