Not sure what the proper terminology is for this.

In books, when the first letter is larger than the rest of the text and
stands 3 or 4 lines tall in alignment with the 3 or 4 lines of text next to
it.

Where the +'s represent the first letter("T") in the example below:

+++++ his is the first line of text, et cetera............
+ the continuation of the line of text above...
+ the continuation of the line of text above...
+ the continuation of the line of text above...

How is this effect best achieved? The only way I've found is with a single
letter in a text box but proper alignment is difficult with this method.

Re: OVERSIZED first letter of first word... by Margaret

Margaret
Thu Feb 05 15:03:29 CST 2004

It's called a drop cap and you can insert one using Format > Drop cap.
Actually it's just a letter in a frame, but at least Word works out the
alignment.

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"fornaven_efternaven" <fornaven@falsk.con> wrote in message
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> Not sure what the proper terminology is for this.
>
> In books, when the first letter is larger than the rest of the text and
> stands 3 or 4 lines tall in alignment with the 3 or 4 lines of text next
to
> it.
>
> Where the +'s represent the first letter("T") in the example below:
>
> +++++ his is the first line of text, et cetera............
> + the continuation of the line of text above...
> + the continuation of the line of text above...
> + the continuation of the line of text above...
>
> How is this effect best achieved? The only way I've found is with a single
> letter in a text box but proper alignment is difficult with this method.
>
>
>



Re: OVERSIZED first letter of first word... by fornaven_efternaven

fornaven_efternaven
Thu Feb 05 16:04:00 CST 2004

Margaret,

Thanks for both responses.