How to justify text in PE19.

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I read the 2012 and 2021 post that say it can't be done (without the Elements add-in) but I did it a couple of years ago and can't remember how I did it.

One of the ctrl/etc ways sort of justifies it, but it also maroons things ridiculously. Like

g                    r                                  e                                 a                                         t.                                                            

Thanks

PS. What's this Elements add-in? First I've heard of it. Worth it?

[Jeff Arola · Accepted solution]

The one justify paragraph text keyboard shortcut that works in photoshop elements is Fully Justified

(just forgot about the Command + Shift + J (Mac) | Control+ Shift + J (Win)

So now after further research it seems that two Justify Paragraph keyboard shorts work in photoshop elements provided the text is highlighted

Command + Shift + J (Mac) | Control  + Shift + J (Win) will justify the paragraph except the last line.

Command + Shift + F (Mac) | Control  + Shift + F (Win) will justify the paragraph AND justify the last line

Elements+ has the other justify paragraph options

https://elementsplus.net/help/en/justify-paragraph.htm

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Thanks Jeff. I was able to properly (without stretching out the bottom line, just leaving whatever is on that last line left-aligned) justify the text in a previous project. See the attachment for how justifcation should look in fiction anyway. The "fully justifed" method would have stretched "anyone" across the full width of the paragraph. As in:

a                  n                y                        o                   n                             e.

Of course more evenly spaced than that.

The layer I used for the two paragraphs is transparent. I just can't remember what I did.

Thanks for the help.

[Jeff Arola]

Looks like the option you want is Left Justified which would be

Command + Shift + J (Mac) | Control  + Shift + J (Win) will justify the paragraph except the last line.

The shortcut seems to work here in photoshop 2023 on a mac provided the text layer is highlighted.

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Thanks a lot for following up on this, Jeff.

I thought I was doing Ctrl/Shift/J (in Windows), but apparently I wasn't because when I do it now it works perfectly. 🙂