Line-Text Proximity: Possible to Adjust the Vertical Padding?

[Chad Thornton]

Hi all-

When I attach lines between text using the magnetic functionality, the 
lines nearly touch the text. The padding setting in the Text Position 
inspector appears to be for only horizontal padding - is there a way to 
adjust the vertical padding other than adding a carriage return 
above/below each text box? It seems odd that the padding is only 
horizontal given that lines can be coming from any direction...

Thanks,
Chad