You use the Paragraph panel (Window > Type > Paragraph) to change the formatting of columns and paragraphs. When type is selected or when the Type tool is active, you can also use options in the Control panel to format paragraphs.

For a video on working with character and paragraph styles, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0047.

Paragraph panel (all options shown)

A.

Alignment and Justification

B.

Left Indent

C.

First Line Left Indent

D.

Space Before Paragraph

E.

Hyphenation

F.

Right Indent

G.

Space After Paragraph 

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A.

Font

B.

Font Style

C.

Font Size

D.

Align left

E.

Align center

F.

Align right

By default, only the most commonly-used options in the Paragraph panel are visible. To show all options, choose Show Options from the panel menu. Alternatively, click the double triangle on the panel’s tab to cycle through the display sizes.