Would you like to be able to use such title banners in your documents?
Here are the exact steps involved:
1) Place your mouse pointer on the horizontal ruler at the 2.5" value. Click when you get the Add new tab position: 2.5" bubble tip.
2) Press the TAB key.
3) Select the tabbed line, then apply
You should get the following:
4) Select the above line, then press CTRL+C to copy it to the Windows clipboard.
5) Place the insertion cursor at the end of the line, then press Enter.
6) Press CTRL+V twice to paste a second, then a third line.
You should get the following:
7) Select the second line, then apply
You should get the following:
8) Place the insertion cursor at the beginning of the second line, then type any relevant text for your banner ("Atlantis Word Processor" in our example).
You should get the following:
9) Insert a space character at he beginning of the line of text to center it.
You should get the following title banner:
Of course, this is only an example. You can use different fonts, colors, sizes, text.
For example, you can expand the line of text to improve readability.
Here are the steps:
1) Select the line of text.
2) Bring the font dialog up (Format | Font...).
3) Click on the Spacing tab.
4) Pull the Spacing list down, then select "Expanded".
5) Enter 3 in the corresponding edit box on the right.
You should get the following:
As you can see, we now need to make the first and third lines longer.
Here is how to proceed to adjust line lengths:
1) Select all 3 above lines.
2) Place your mouse cursor right above the tab stop position at 2.5" on the horizontal ruler, then click and hold the button down. A dotted line should display vertically down the document page.
3) Still holding the mouse button down, drag the tab stop along the ruler until the dotted line is level vertically with the middle line of the banner. Release the mouse button.
All 3 lines should now be of the same length:
You might also want to increase the amount of (blue) color above and below the line of text.
Here is how to proceed:
1) Start with 5 lines (instead of 3 as in our first example above):
2) Select the 3 median lines, then apply
You should get the following:
3) Now select the innermost median line, then apply
4) Type the desired text, adjust its position by adding space characters at the beginning of the line if necessary.
You should get the following title banner:
You can use this "tabbed line + highlight" method to create special effects.
Here is an example:
Here is another example:
As incredible as it might sound, the above example was created only with highlighted tabbed lines and the WingDings character 61613 (Unicode) to insert stars.
Here are 3 more examples of mock banners created only with highlighted tabbed lines:
You can also use this "tabbed line + highlight" method to create custom underlines.
First, here is underline with the normal Atlantis Underline command:
Now here are a few examples using the "tabbed line + highlight" method to "underline" text:
As you can see, playing with the font size of the highlighted tabbed lines will create thicker or thinner mock underlines. The above 3 examples use font size 1.5, 2.5, and 3 pts respectively.
Playing with the Spacing After value of the line of text will increase or reduce the distance between the text and the underline. Here is an example with a paragraph Spacing After value of 5:
Enjoy!
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