Adobe InDesign Typography and Text Formatting 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which composition engine considers an entire paragraph to determine line breaks for even spacing?
- Adobe Paragraph Composer (Correct answer)
- Adobe Single-line Composer
- Optical Margin Alignment
- Justification Composer
Correct answer: Adobe Paragraph Composer
The Paragraph Composer evaluates the whole paragraph for the best breaks.
Question 2: What does Optical Margin Alignment do to text in a frame?
- Hangs punctuation and edges of letters outside the margin (Correct answer)
- Centers all text
- Adds hyphenation
- Removes kerning
Correct answer: Hangs punctuation and edges of letters outside the margin
Optical margin alignment hangs punctuation past the margin for a cleaner edge.
Question 3: Which feature automatically adds a large initial capital letter at the start of a paragraph?
- Drop Cap (Correct answer)
- Nested Style
- Bullet
- Span Column
Correct answer: Drop Cap
Drop Cap creates an enlarged opening letter spanning multiple lines.
Question 4: What is the purpose of a Nested Style in InDesign?
- Apply character styles automatically within a paragraph based on rules (Correct answer)
- Nest one document inside another
- Group multiple pages
- Stack frames
Correct answer: Apply character styles automatically within a paragraph based on rules
Nested styles apply character formatting up to a defined marker within a paragraph.
Question 5: Which setting controls whether single words are split across lines with a hyphen?
- Hyphenation (Correct answer)
- Tracking
- Ligatures
- Tabs
Correct answer: Hyphenation
Hyphenation settings determine how and whether words break across lines.
Question 6: What does the 'No Break' attribute do to selected text?
- Keeps the text together on the same line (Correct answer)
- Deletes line breaks
- Removes hyphenation globally
- Forces a page break
Correct answer: Keeps the text together on the same line
No Break prevents selected text from being split across lines.
Question 7: Which justification setting helps prevent unsightly gaps known as 'rivers' in justified text?
- Adjusting word and letter spacing values (Correct answer)
- Increasing leading
- Disabling kerning
- Using all caps
Correct answer: Adjusting word and letter spacing values
Tuning word/letter spacing in Justification settings reduces rivers.
Adobe InDesign Typography and Text Formatting 3
Which composition engine considers an entire paragraph to determine line breaks for even spacing?