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36 <helpdocument version=
"1.0">
38 <topic id=
"textswriter0105030400xml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
39 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Drop Caps
</title>
40 <filename>/text/swriter/
01/
05030400.xhp
</filename>
43 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
</created>
44 <lastedited date=
"2006-11-03T09:00:18">UFI: added index entries, #i38019#
</lastedited>
48 <section id=
"initialen">
49 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id7635731"><bookmark_value>first letters as large capital letters
</bookmark_value>
50 <bookmark_value>capital letters;starting paragraphs
</bookmark_value>
51 <bookmark_value>drop caps insertion
</bookmark_value>
53 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_DROPCAPS" id=
"bm_id3151239" localize=
"false"/>
54 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3150252" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"1"><link href=
"text/swriter/01/05030400.xhp" name=
"Drop Caps">Drop Caps
</link></paragraph>
55 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154763" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"2"><ahelp hid=
"HID_DROPCAPS">Formats the first letter of a paragraph with a large capital letter, that can span several lines. The paragraph must span at least as many lines as you specify in the Lines box.
</ahelp></paragraph>
57 <section id=
"howtoget">
58 <embed href=
"text/swriter/00/00000405.xhp#initialen"/>
60 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3151388" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"3">Settings
</paragraph>
61 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SW_CHECKBOX_TP_DROPCAPS_CB_SWITCH" id=
"bm_id3146322" localize=
"false"/>
62 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3147295" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"5">Show Drop Caps
</paragraph>
63 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3150536" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"6"><ahelp hid=
"SW_CHECKBOX_TP_DROPCAPS_CB_SWITCH">Applies the drop cap settings to the selected paragraph.
</ahelp></paragraph>
64 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SW_CHECKBOX_TP_DROPCAPS_CB_WORD" id=
"bm_id3145824" localize=
"false"/>
65 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3155626" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"19">Whole word
</paragraph>
66 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154554" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"20"><ahelp hid=
"SW_CHECKBOX_TP_DROPCAPS_CB_WORD">Displays the first letter of the first word in the paragraph as a drop cap, and the remaining letters of the word as large type.
</ahelp></paragraph>
67 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SW_NUMERICFIELD_TP_DROPCAPS_FLD_DROPCAPS" id=
"bm_id3150020" localize=
"false"/>
68 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3154505" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"7">Number of characters
</paragraph>
69 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3149881" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"8"><ahelp hid=
"SW_NUMERICFIELD_TP_DROPCAPS_FLD_DROPCAPS">Enter the number of characters to convert to drop caps.
</ahelp></paragraph>
70 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SW_NUMERICFIELD_TP_DROPCAPS_FLD_LINES" id=
"bm_id3148775" localize=
"false"/>
71 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3150932" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"9">Lines
</paragraph>
72 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3148391" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"10"><ahelp hid=
"SW_NUMERICFIELD_TP_DROPCAPS_FLD_LINES">Enter the number of lines that you want the drop cap to extend downward from the first line of the paragraph. Shorter paragraphs will not get drop caps.
</ahelp> The selection is limited to
2-
9 lines.
</paragraph>
73 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SW_METRICFIELD_TP_DROPCAPS_FLD_DISTANCE" id=
"bm_id3153920" localize=
"false"/>
74 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3149030" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"11">Distance from text
</paragraph>
75 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153926" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"12"><ahelp hid=
"SW_METRICFIELD_TP_DROPCAPS_FLD_DISTANCE">Enter the amount of space to leave between the drop caps and the rest of the text in the paragraph.
</ahelp></paragraph>
76 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3153723" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"13">Contents
</paragraph>
77 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SW_EDIT_TP_DROPCAPS_EDT_TEXT" id=
"bm_id3147564" localize=
"false"/>
78 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3154638" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"15">Text
</paragraph>
79 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147569" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"16"><ahelp hid=
"SW_EDIT_TP_DROPCAPS_EDT_TEXT">Enter the text that you want to display as drop caps instead of the first letters of the paragraph.
</ahelp></paragraph>
80 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SW_LISTBOX_TP_DROPCAPS_BOX_TEMPLATE" id=
"bm_id3156321" localize=
"false"/>
81 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3150763" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"17">Character Style
</paragraph>
82 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3151181" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"18"><ahelp hid=
"SW_LISTBOX_TP_DROPCAPS_BOX_TEMPLATE">Select the formatting style that you want to apply to the drop caps.
</ahelp> To use the formatting style of the current paragraph, select [None].
</paragraph>
83 <embed href=
"text/shared/00/00000001.xhp#vorschau"/>