dropped cap question

[Stephen_Field@adobeforums.com]

I am using a drop cap in my paragraph style - for a quotation mark. What would be the best way to close the paragraph with a similar quotation mark so it looks the same as the initial drop cap.

[Jerry_Mayeroff@adobeforums.com]

I've done this using an in-elegant combination of type size and baseline shift. Change the font size of the close-quote to match your drop cap, then change the baseline shift of that character only, to get it to the position you want.

Another option is to create your close-quote in a separate text frame (use the glyph pallette to find the close quote), then insert the small frame in-line at the end of the paragraph ... adjust the vertical position with the selection tool.

Jerry

[Stephen_Field@adobeforums.com]

How does one insert an inline frame at the end of a paragraph?

[Jerry_Mayeroff@adobeforums.com]

Simply select the new frame with selection tool ... copy ... then using the text tool place cursor at desired insertion point ... and paste. Adjust up or down by selecting the in-line frame with the selection tool.

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

I'm not sure that I see the need for anything other than a character style here. I'm not even sure I'd use a drop cap for the opening quotes in this case. Why not simply assign a character style to the first and last characters.

I'd use the large quotes characters in Zapf Dingbats, if I'm understanding correctly.

If you're using CS, you can use nested styles to keep the characters formatted.

Dave

[Jerry_Mayeroff@adobeforums.com]

Dave:

If you use just a style, there's not a way to make the lines below the large character wrap. The drop-cap trick works well at the beginning of the paragraph, but the end is always problematical.

Ususally, I prefer to hang the opening and closing large-quote characters, using a combination of margin adjustments and styles ... but if you want the effect flush with the paragraph I think you have to play around a bit.

Using the dingbat character is a good idea.

I wish that you could apply a text wrap to an in-line graphic ... that would solve a lot of problems.

Jerry