CorelDRAW Help | Drop caps

Drop caps

Applying drop caps, also known as initial caps, to paragraphs enlarges the initial letter and insets it into the body of text. You can customize a drop cap by changing different settings. For example, you can change the distance between the drop cap and the body of text, or specify the number of lines of text that you want to appear next to the drop cap. You can remove the drop cap at any point without deleting the letter.

You can add a drop cap (left) or a hanging indent drop cap (right).

You can preview a drop cap before you add it to a drawing. The changes you make are temporarily applied to the text in the drawing window, so you can see how the drop cap will look when you add it.

To add a drop cap

1 Using the Text tool

, select the paragraph text.

If the Properties docker is not open, click Window

Dockers

Properties.

2 In the Properties docker, click the Paragraph button

to display the paragraph-related options.

3 In the Paragraph area of the Properties docker, click the Options button

, and choose Drop Cap.

4 In the Drop Cap dialog box, enable the Use drop cap check box, and then perform a task from the following table.

To	Do
Specify the number of lines next to a drop cap	In the Appearance area, type a value in the Number of lines dropped box.
Set the distance between the drop cap and the body of text	In the Appearance area, type a value in the Space after drop cap box. This sets the space to the right of the drop cap.
Preview a drop cap	Enable the Preview check box.
Offset the drop cap from the body of text	Enable the Use hanging indent style for drop cap check box.
Remove drop caps	Disable the Use drop cap check box, or click the Drop cap button in the Paragraph area of Properties docker.