Aligning Drop Caps within a paragraph

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Emma

I am trying to align the Drop Caps function within a paragraph, however
whenever I use the Drop Caps function it places the first couple of sentences
in, and then the next sentence is out of place.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

I'm not clear on what you're trying to do. Ordinarily, only a single letter
is formatted as a drop cap (occasionally a letter with an opening quote
or--rarely--an entire word). Are you applying the Drop Caps format to
several sentences?
 
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Bear

Emma:

Do you mean that only the first few lines are indented to accept the drop
cap, but you want all the lines in the paragraph to be indented?

Word's drop cap won't do that. You should try putting the letter in a frame.
Select the letter then click Insert > Text Box. Right-click on the text box
border and click Format Text Box. On the Text Box tab, click Convert to Frame.

Right click on the new frame border, then click Format Frame. You can edit
the frame to simulate drop-cap positioning. Set the Text Wrapping to Around,
the Horizontal Position and Distance from Text are important to you. The
vertical stuff isn't so important. In the Size area, set both Width and
Height to be Auto. Click OK.

Now format the letter the way you want. You might want to readjust some
frame settings.

Finally, drag the bottom border of the frame down until it indents all the
lines you want indented. That sets the Height of the frame to some number,
rather than auto. You have to adjust each drop cap you create like this, but
you can copy a frame and just change the letter and Height if you like.

I suggest using frames, because you can see them in all views, including
Normal view.

Bear
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Since Word creates drop caps by inserting letters in a frame, a shortcut is
to insert the drop cap as usual, then double-click on the frame to format
it.

A good shortcut is to use the "In margin" setting for the drop cap, then
give the paragraph a left indent, then change the frame formatting from
"Left relative to page" to "Left relative to margin."
 

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