Is it possible to justify text to the left and also some text on the right if it's on the same line? This has been possible in WordPerfect for years but can't seem to find a way in Pages.
Any clues?
MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.5), 2 Gb RAM
An alignment setting of "Justify," set using the highlighted button in this set
(from the format bar), will produce text that lines up on both left ant right margins,
If you want to place separate text groups at each margin, with space between them, Use 'align left' (first button in the set shown), and place a Right Tab stop at the right margin,
Type the first text group, press tab, type the second tab group, for a result like this:
For full alignment of body type on the right, set the highlighted button above, but take note of Peggy's caution. Wide gaps between words make for more difficult reading of the body text.
Regards,
Barry
An alignment setting of "Justify," set using the highlighted button in this set
(from the format bar), will produce text that lines up on both left ant right margins,
If you want to place separate text groups at each margin, with space between them, Use 'align left' (first button in the set shown), and place a Right Tab stop at the right margin,
Type the first text group, press tab, type the second tab group, for a result like this:
For full alignment of body type on the right, set the highlighted button above, but take note of Peggy's caution. Wide gaps between words make for more difficult reading of the body text.
Regards,
Barry
Add a right align tab on the Ruler and push the 2nd text across with a tab.
The notion of two lots of alignment on the one line is a strange one as alignment should be part of the paragraph style and apply to all text.
Otherwise you are still up for some arbitrary division of the text so the computer knows which alignment applies to what text.
Peter
I agree it is a strange notion, however, when creating programs for things such as music concerts or church services (which I do both) it's necessary. Thanks so much, as this was very helpful to me over four years later!
It's called "justify" & is available in every word processor I've ever used. In Pages you can find the option in several places, all visible in this screenshot. The last line of text will not align to both margins. Be careful, because even with full lines, the spacing can be odd. If you must use justify, make sure you have hyphenation enabled.
The notion may be a strange one, but one I find useful nevertheless. As I stated in the first post, WordPerfect have had this feature for most of their versions. So, for me, not having this feature present in Pages or even Word is strange to me.
@ Peggy: Thanks for your response, but I do know what justify is. Perhaps you misread my question?
@ Barry: thanks, your solution works.
Hi KN,
Thanks for the note. Concert programs is the main thing I was using this for at the time it was written.
One thing I didn't mention in the original repose was that you can use a "leader" to fill the space between the text groups with a (dotted or dashed) line to lead the reader's eye across the page.
Not always useful, but it's nice to know the feature is there.
Regards,
Barry
Thanks! Not necessary this go around, but I will keep in mind for when I need it! 🙂
It isn't the notion that is strange it is the use of the wrong term. Justification has a specific meaning of spreading the words in a body of text evenly to square up both the left and the right hand margins.
If there are more than two words on a line, which does the computer push to the left, and which does it push to the right in the "justification"?
The use of tabs sets that exactly and as Barry points out for programs, Tables of Contents and Indexes you have Leader Tabs where you can choose what the leaders are.
Tabs are as old as typewriters and I wish I had a dollar for every time I had to fruitlessly explain their simple operation.
Peter
Justify left AND right on the same line
