How do I create drop caps?

To have a capital paragraph initial that hangs down over the coming lines, you have to do some manual work, and the result may not be as pretty as you want.

1. Click outside the text area and create a new text box (which will not follow the text).

2. Add your single initial to the text box in the size (colour, shadow,...) you want.

3. Position the text box over the beginning of the paragraph, and make sure that the text wraps around it.

With this method, you can get something that looks really nice, when printed on paper or to PDF. However, it has the obvious drawbacks for editing:

* It takes time to do and you can go wrong in the formatting, unless you are careful.

* The text box will not follow the text, so if you add or remove text before this paragraph, the letter will come at the wrong place in the text.