Start of chapter character

André · Post by **André** » Tue May 11, 2004 4:41 am

I am not shure how to describe this, but I want large font character at the start of my chapter that has the hight of the 3 first lines. I saw this in a novel, how can I get this without that the 2nd and 3thline are becoming doublespaced?

Max_Quordlepleen · Post by **Max_Quordlepleen** » Tue May 11, 2004 5:43 am

If what you want is as shown in this screenshot, it's known as Drop Caps, and I don't think Atlantis offers this feature.

Post by **admin** » Tue May 11, 2004 6:14 am

As I understand, you mean a so called “dropped cap”:

Atlantis currently does not offer this feature. Regrettably it is not so easy to have dropped caps in Atlantis under its current set of features. It requires understanding columns.

You might wish to take a look at a sample document.

For creating a “dropped cap” in Atlantis, you should select your 3 first lines, then choose “Format | Columns”, and specify the following (or similar) settings:

Then you should select the first letter, and apply the desired font format to it.

Andre · Post by **Andre** » Tue May 11, 2004 6:15 am

Yes, that is what I am looking for. Word offers it, but I don´t like word so much. Are you shure there is no option for?

Andre · Post by **Andre** » Tue May 11, 2004 6:32 am

Thanks for the help. I tried it but it is not going so well, gives a lot of strange lines. I tried to make it up in word and then open the file again in Atlantis, but this doesn´t work. Will this option be availabe in an update of Atlantis? Would be great.

Thanks again

Post by **admin** » Tue May 11, 2004 9:11 am

The Drop Caps feature requires another top-end feature: frames (or text boxes). Text boxes will be implemented in Atlantis in the future. But regrettably I cannot give any timetable.