Advancing text to a different position

You can move text horizontally or vertically a certain distance relative to the cursor or place text at an absolute position on the page. You can also delete an advance.


To advance text to a specific distance from the cursor

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Click in front of the text you want to advance.
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In the Horizontal position area, enable one of the following options:
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Left from insertion point — moves the cursor to the left of its current position by the distance you specify
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Right from insertion point — moves the cursor to the right of its current position by the distance you specify
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Type a value in the Horizontal distance list box.
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In the Vertical position area, enable one of the following options:
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Up from insertion point — moves the cursor above its current position by the distance you specify
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Down from insertion point — moves the cursor down from its current position by the distance you specify
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Type a value in the Vertical distance list box.

To advance text to an absolute position on the page

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Click in front of the text you want to advance.
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Enable any of the following options:
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From left edge of page — moves the cursor from the left edge of the page by the distance you type in the Horizontal distance box.
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From top of page — moves the cursor from the top of the page by the distance you type in the Vertical distance box.

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The Text above position check box is enabled automatically when you enable the From top of page option. If you want to place the advanced text below the position measured from the top margin of the page, disable this check box.
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When you advance text from the top of the page, the distance is measured from the baseline of the first line of text. For information about baselines and baseline placement, see “Setting the baseline for typesetting.”
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You cannot advance text past the edges of the page.

To delete an advance

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Click View WordPerfect Office onestep Advancing text to a different position Reveal Codes.
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Drag the Advance code out of the Reveal Codes window.

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For more information about Reveal Codes, see “Using Reveal Codes.”

Advancing text to a different position