The first component of a particular type in a document is the master component. All other components you create with the same name initially have the same properties as the master, and retain those properties, until you change them.
To create a master component for a new type, you change the name and other properties of an existing component. For in·
stance, to create the master title, author and quote components in Defense, you will create three exact duplicates of the default paragraph component (which is the master component for the
component type paragraph), then modify them.
The method used for creating duplicate components is only one of several. You will learn the others soon.
To create duplicate components using LINE FEED:
V Make sure the component caret is below the para-graph component in Defense.
~ Press the LINE FEED key.
A new paragraph component appears below the original.
~ Using the LINE FEED key, create two more com·
ponents, so that you have four components named paragraph.
You now have the master paragraph component and three dupli·
cates. Next, you will modify properties of each duplicate to cre-ate masters for the types of components we have decided to call title, author, and quote.
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Use the left button to select the first paragraph in the component bar.You will begin by turning this paragraph into a title. (In your own work, you can name components anything you like, but for the moment it will be easier if your component names match the ones referred to in this exercise.) You will change the compo·
nent name using the Component Property sheet.
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Structuring Your Own Document You need to change only four additional items on the title com-ponent sheet: the Top margin, the Bottom margin, the Alignment, and the Font.
To set the margins for a component:
V To change the top margin of title, position the ed-iting cursor in the Top margin field if necessary.
IhD Type .02 and confirm the entry by pressing TAB.
The editing cursor moves into the Bottom margin field.
IhD Type .02 and confirm the entry by pressing TAB
or RETURN.
To change the alignment of a component:
~t- Move the mouse cursor to the box labeled Centered.
100 Click the left button.
Centered is turned on. Left and Right are turned off auto-matically.
To change the font of a component:
~t- Move the mouse cursor into the left-hand box that reads Classic in the Font field.
100 Click the left button until Modern is displayed in the box.
~t- Move the mouse cursor to the second Font field box and click the left button until 18 is displayed.
010 Hold down the middle button, and release to Ap-ply the changes.
The name of the first component is now "title."
Figure 6-10 shows how the Component property sheet looks after you apply the changes.
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Margins
Top ~ Inche'
Bottom ~ Inches
Len ~ Inches
Right ~ Inche.
First Indent ~ Inches Line Spacing ~ lines
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Figure 6-10. Component property sheet for "title"
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Click the middle button to close the property sheet.In the next exercise, you will change the name and other proper-ties of the next paragraph to create a component called author.
To create the author master component:
¥' Select the second component, and display its property sheet.
In the remaining exercises, when you are told to make a prop-erty change, it is assumed you now know the basic procedure for making the change.
¥' First, change the Name of the component from paragraph to author.
¥' Change the Top margin to .30 inches.
¥' Change the Bottom margin to .30 inches.
¥' Change the Alignment to Flush Right by turning off Flush Left.
¥' Change the font to Classic 12.
¥' Use the mouse to Apply the changes and Close the Component Property sheet.
Next, create the quote mast~r component.
To create the quote master component:
¥' Select the next component, and display its prop-erty sheet.
¥' Change the Name to quote.
¥' Change the Top margin to .15 inches.
¥' Change the Bottom margin to .15 inches.
¥' Change the Left and Right margins to .8 inches.
¥' Change the Line Spacing to 1.1 lines.
¥' Turn on the Italic box.
¥' Finally, change the font size to 12.
¥' Use the mouse to Apply the changes and Close the Component Property sheet.
You just created master components for three component types, and the document still contains a master paragraph component.
Each of the components you add to Defense will be in one of these types, and share the properties of one of these masters.
Structuring Your Own Document Notice that the remaining paragraph component is not the origi-nal default paragraph, but a copy of it. This copy is now the master paragraph component. The master component of a type is always the first component of that type to appear in the docu-ment, regardless of when the component was created.