Tutorial
Type and Format the Kicker

The text block at the top of the masthead is for the kicker. You need to type and format the kicker. When you set the introductory text earlier in this tutorial, you learned how to specify type with individual commands from the Format and Text menus. But you can also choose one command to work with all of the type specifications at once. This time you'll specify text before you type it.

  1. Select the l-beam pointer in the tool bar.

  2. Click in the text block at top of the masthead to select an insertion point.

  3. Choose Type Specs from the Format menu. The Type Specifications dialog box appears. It lets you select any specification for selected text, or text you type at an insertion point.

  4. Press the wedge-shaped indicator to the right of the current Leading and choose 12 from the list that appears.

  5. Press the current Alignment option and choose Right.

  6. Click the Italic option in the Type Styles area, then click OK. The Type Specifications dialog box disappears.

  7. Type "The Quarterly Bulletin of the" and press Return. Type "Museum of Southwestern Crafts" and press Return. Then type "Summer 1990". The text you type appears with the specifications you selected in the Type Specifications dialog box. There is one more specification you need to make. The type is designed to print white-knocked out of the colored rectangle.

  8. Choose Select All from the Edit menu.

  9. Choose Color from the Format menu and then choose White.

  10. Select the object pointer by clicking it in the tool bar.