Justified Type

By Christina Rambo

Use this keyboard command to quickly justify type on your document.

Make a Type Box

• Get the Horizontal Type tool.
• In the Tool Options, choose a font and put the settings to your liking.
• On the document, click and drag out a type box and type to fill the box.

Justify the Type

• On the document, click and drag to highlight all the text in the type box.
• Press Ctrl Shift J (Mac: Cmd Shift J).
• You can easily switch orientations by clicking the alignment icons in the Tool Options.

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