How to set the number of text characters that appear under block 1 picture?

I am using block 1 for 1 section of the homepage. There is too much text appearing under the picture and I want to limit this to say 25 or 50 characters, then … so the reader has to click and continue on to the full article. Where do I need to adjust this? Currently there is too much pre-text appearing under the picture and taking up too much space. Thank you for your time.

• This topic was modified 8 years by bwpage3.

I found out where to do this in the Newspaper Theme Settings Panel-> Excerps->block 1.

No action needed.

• This reply was modified 8 years by bwpage3.