How do you change line spacing?

[Blane]

I have some multi-line text that has vertical line-spacing that is too much.  How do I change line spacing?

[MattP]

Hi Blane,

 

Just select your text and on the Text context toolbar that appears along the top you want to dropdown the list that is next to the alignment/justification buttons - it controls Paragraph Leading which is what you want to change. As you move over the different items in the list you should see the change happening dynamically on your document - just click when it looks right :)

 

Thanks,

Matt

[alansky]

My question is: Why isn't the line spacing (leading) control in the character pallette where it belongs? To put such a basic text adjustment in a different location makes no sense to me.

[Dave Harris]

Leading is not in the Character palette because it is not a character attribute. It is a paragraph attribute because you normally want all the lines in a paragraph to be spaced evenly. We also put it in the context toolbar, so you do have quick access to it.

[uncle808us]

Handy... Thanks