The Character Palette contains the following styling options:

• Font: The font of the selected characters can be changed. Please note that the font name must be typed, as there is no drop-down menu.
• Typeface: The font face of the selected characters can be changed. Please note that the font typeface must be typed, as there is no drop-down menu.
• All Caps: The selected characters will be displayed as upper-case characters.
• Small Caps: The selected characters will be displayed as smaller, upper-case characters.
• Superscript: The selected characters will appear smaller, and be located above the baseline.
• Subscript:The selected characters will appear smaller, and be located at or below the baseline.
• Underline: The selected characters will be underlined.
• Strikethru: The selected characters will be displayed with a line through them.
• Size: Adjust the character size.
• Leading: Adjust the space between lines of text.
• Kerning: Adjust the space between certain characters in a line of text, using their natural shape and slope to improve their appearance and create a smooth flow of movement for the eye.
• Tracking: Tracking adjusts the character spacing in the selected text. You can change it to enhance readability, or to fit more text.
• Vertical Scale: Adjust the height of individual characters.
• Horizontal Scale: Adjust the width of individual characters.
• Baseline shift: Raise or lower a character relative to the baseline.
• Skew: Slant text along its horizontal axis.
• Language: Adjust the language setting of selected text.

The Paragraph Palette contains the following styling options:

• Alignment: Paragraph alignment options are described below.
• Left Indent: Tab size for a left indent.
• Right Indent: Tab size for a right indent.
• First Line Indent: Tab size for the indent of a line following a paragraph character.
• Last Right Indent: Tab size for the indent of a line before a paragraph character.
• Space Before: The size of the blank space before a paragraph begins.
• Space After: The size of the blank space after a paragraph ends.
• Drop Cap Lines: Define the number of lines by which the character should be dropped. This value includes the line on which the text resides.
• Drop Cap Characters: Define the number of drop cap letters here.
• Hyphenation: Enable or disable hyphenation for the paragraph.
• Grid Align Default: Columns of text won't be aligned to the baseline grid.
• Grid Align Baseline: Columns of text will be aligned to the baseline grid.
• Composer: Change the composer used for the paragraph.
• Balance Lines: Balance the length of lines so that none are too long/short relative to the others.

The Paragraph Palette > Alignment section contains the following styling options:

• Left: Paragraph text will be left-aligned.
• Center: Paragraph text will be aligned to the center of the text frame.
• Right: Paragraph text will be right-aligned.
• Justify Left: Paragraph text will be aligned to both sides of a text frame except for the last line, which will be left-aligned.
• Justify Center: Paragraph text will be aligned to both sides of a text frame except for the last line, which will be centered.
• Justify Right: Paragraph text will be aligned to both sides of a text frame except for the last line, which will be right-aligned.
• Justify Full: All paragraph text, including the last line, will be aligned to both sides of a text frame.
• To Spine: Paragraph text on a left-hand page will be right-aligned. Text on a right-hand page will be left-aligned.
• Away from Spine: Paragraph text on a left-hand page will be left-aligned. Text on a right-hand page will be right-aligned.