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PUB98: Can't Format or Copy Format of Drop Caps

Article ID: 178810

Article Last Modified on 11/10/1999

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SUMMARY

The only way to apply Drop Cap formatting to a paragraph is to select the paragraph and click Drop Cap on the Format menu. Drop Caps cannot be saved as part of a style, nor can the formatting be copied using the Format Painter tool.

MORE INFORMATION

If you create a text frame or story that contains several paragraphs and apply a Drop Cap to the first paragraph only, you can apply the same style of Drop Cap to the other paragraphs by following these steps:
  1. Drag your cursor over some text in the first paragraph and continue until you have highlighted some of the text in each paragraph that you want to have the Drop Cap. You can press CTRL+A to select all the paragraphs in a story.
  2. On the Format menu, click Change Drop Cap.
  3. The style of Drop Cap that applies to the first paragraph will already be selected. Click OK to apply it to all the other paragraphs.

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