To see the soft return, you can show hidden characters by choosing Type > Show
Hidden Characters.
Press the Escape key to select the Selection tool ( ).
Move the pointer over the annotator ( ) off the right edge of the type object. A filled end on
the annotator indicates that it’s area type. When the pointer changes ( ), click once to see the
message “Double-click to convert to Point Type.” Double-click the annotator to convert the
area type to point type.
Tip
With a type object selected, you can also choose Type > Convert To Point Type or
Convert To Area Type, depending on what the selected text area is.The annotator end should now be hollow ( ), indicating that it is a point type object. If you
were to resize the bounding box, the text would scale as well.- Press the Shift key, and drag the lower-right bounding point down and to the right until the text
just fits between the line above and the line below. Release the mouse button and then the key.
Because the text is point type, it stretches when the type area is resized. Pressing the Shift key
is very important because otherwise the text would likely be distorted.