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A dropped capital letter, called
a drop cap, is the first character of a paragraph that has been enlarged and
hangs down into the body of the paragraph. Drop caps are frequently used at the
beginning of a story. When set correctly, drop caps can add a professional
touch to your publication.
The easiest way to create a drop
cap is with the Drop Cap plug-in.
All you have to do is place the text cursor in the paragraph and choose
Utilities>Plug-ins > Drop Cap which results in the Drop Cap dialog box as
shown below. You will be asked to enter the size of the drop cap; three lines
is the default. The number of lines will determine how large the drop cap is.
Needless to say, you would not want the size to be greater than the number of
lines in the paragraph. In fact, drop caps would look out of place on short
paragraphs.
Before clicking OK to create the
drop cap, you may want to click the Apply command button to preview this special
effect. Then, if you do not like the size, you can enter a different number of
lines without leaving the dialog box. Note that you must remove the current
drop cap with the Remove command button before you can apply a new size.
The Prev and Next buttons
allow you to move the cursor to other paragraphs without having to leave the
Drop Cap dialog box.
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