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• • July 12, 2023 at 10:47 am #14394185
    Rich Harvey

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    I’m laying out a book of poetry. To save some space, I’m not skipping a full line between stanzas, but a half line.

    Leading is 13.2, so I put “space Before” 6.6 … but I’m still getting a full line of 13.2 blank space. Why does InDesign seem to be ignoring the request for a 6.6 space (before) and still inserting 13.2 instead?

  • July 12, 2023 at 11:20 am #14394186
    David Blatner

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    Do you have Align to Baseline Grid turned on?
    Or is it possible that you have Space Before AND space after set to the same amount?

    When InDesign Ignores Your Leading Values

  • July 12, 2023 at 11:48 am #14394187
    John Kramer

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    Rich, if David’s tips don’t do the trick, post the file and I’ll take a look. I do this all the time for poetry. Even though some poets insist on a full line of space!

  • July 12, 2023 at 5:07 pm #14394207
    Rich Harvey

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    John … Okay … how and where do I post the file?

    • July 12, 2023 at 5:54 pm #14394208
      John Kramer

      Participant

      Compress the file and give me a dropbox (or other) link here?

  • July 12, 2023 at 6:51 pm #14394209
    Rich Harvey

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    John, understood that most poets want a full line of space. Unfortunately, THIS poet “layed out” the entire books as he wanted it in Microsoft Word. Not to a correct publishing size, and guess how he separated one poem on one page from another: He didn’t use “page break,” but instead opted to hit the return key a random number of times until it looked “good.” That’s just the first problem :-(

  • July 12, 2023 at 7:08 pm #14394210
    John Kramer

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    Very typical in my experience!

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