Align paragraph border with top of text frame

Matthew Paquette

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- June 3, 2021 at 6:02 pm #14339847
  
  Matthew Paquette
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  Hi! I’m trying to figure out if there’s a way, if you have a full border around your paragraph, to have the BORDER align with the top of the text frame instead of the text. Right now, the top of my border box pops up above the top of the text frame. Any ideas?
- June 5, 2021 at 9:26 am #14339936
  
  David Blatner
  Keymaster
  
  One way might be to adjust where the first baseline of the text starts. In Object > Text Frame Options, click Baseline Options.
  
  Understanding the First Baseline Position of Text
- June 5, 2021 at 6:32 pm #14339937
  
  Matthew Paquette
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  Thanks, David!
  
  I have tried all of those, and while I can get it done a few different ways, I was hoping that there was some way to do it within the para style. Modifying the text frame properties affects all the columns unfortunately.
  
  I’ll keep looking!
- June 5, 2021 at 10:40 pm #14339938
  
  Dieter Stockert
  Member
  
  If I understand it you want to adjust the offset of the paragraph border. You can do it separately for top, bottom, left and right.
- June 6, 2021 at 8:32 am #14339939
  
  David Blatner
  Keymaster
  
  @Matthew: I think the best option would be to put the paragraph in a 1-cell table, or to put the text inside an inline (anchored) text frame. Those can be kept inside the margins.
- June 7, 2021 at 2:29 am #14339942
  
  Michel Allio for FRIdNGE
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  [from my car! …]
  
  … So simplistic (and obvious) that you will surely ask me! ;-)
  
  [Of course, we talk about the “top” of the text frame!]
  
  (^/) The Jedi
- June 7, 2021 at 2:51 am #14339943
  
  Michel Allio for FRIdNGE
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  … I’m back:
  
  Just add an “invisible above para rule” to shift the para to the bottom!
  
  (^/)
  - June 7, 2021 at 7:51 am #14339955
    
    David Blatner
    Keymaster
    
    YES! Great answer, Michel. Thank you.
    
    More about the “invisible rule above” trick here:
    
    Contest! Unravel the Mystery of the Low First Baseline and Win
- June 7, 2021 at 3:44 am #14339944
  
  Michel Allio for FRIdNGE
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  … The problem could be now the “page bottom” and text between pages!
  
  But it’s again simplistic to play in another way: “1 click, 1 script!”
  
  (^/)
- June 7, 2021 at 8:03 am #14339956
  
  Matthew Paquette
  Participant
  
  Thanks everyone for all the great answers!
  I JUST found the option to “Keep in frame” for para rules. This does the trick! If I need to do a border around a paragraph, I’ll just add an invisible rule and tick the “Keep in frame” option and Boom Goes the Dynamite!
  
  So glad to have this solved. Thanks all!
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