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• • February 10, 2014 at 7:30 pm #67102
    allegrojane

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    Hello,

    My magazine template has some paragraph styles with a rule above (such as a head). Sometimes thick, sometimes thin. Often, a rule-above style is next to a column that does not start with a rule above. So the text in that column appears lower. (I would attach an image but I don’t see that option.)

    I’ve tried the alignment options in Text Frame Options but haven’t found anything that works. My template uses align to baseline grid, if that impacts the answer.

    Is there a way to automate nudging this down? Will it be column specific? Something I should just live with?

    Thanks for any tips you can offer.

    Jane

  • February 11, 2014 at 4:23 pm #67125
    Dwayne Harris

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    A couple of questions for you.

    1) For your rule above: Is it set up to it stays in the text frame, or set so it can go above it?

    2) Which column is not aligning? The one with the head or the one with the text next to it?

    3) Do you want the text in the other column to align with the head itself, or with the first line of text below the head?

    4) How much do you need to nudge it down?

    Where I work we never use lock to baseline grid, but then again I’m in book publishing and not magazine publishing.

    If you can’t post a pic, could you send me a sample file (I’d need the fonts also). Or a PDF with comments? The ID file would be easier. But–I only have CS6 and below. I don’t have the cloud thing so you’d need to downsave it.

    I can post my email address if I can be of help. I thought it would show when you click my profile, but apparently it doesn’t.

    Dwayne

  • February 11, 2014 at 6:42 pm #67128
    allegrojane

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    Hi Dwayne,

    Thanks for all your questions. For the record. I’m not wild about baseline grid. I’m not sure it’s necessary.

    1. Rule pops outside of the text frame. Is there a way to keep it inside? That might solve my whole problem.

    2. Hard to answer. Ideally, I don’t use baseline grid alignment. That way, all tops of text frames and tops of text, regardless of size, would align. I know this isn’t everyone’s preference. But you either gotta pick baseline or top of text, right? : )

    3. Ideally, I’d like the regular text column (top of text) to align with the rule above the head in the other column.

    4. I need to nudge the head-with-rule-above down about 4-6 pixels.

    I have a small screenshot you can take a look at. I’m at jane (at) allegro-design (dot) com

  • February 12, 2014 at 5:44 am #67149
    Dwayne Harris

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    Jane

    To keep your rule in the text frame, in your style sheet for the rule above, check the square that says “keep in frame.”

    That will keep the rule from extending above the text frame and will move the head down. Try that.

    If that doesn’t work tonight, I’ll email you tonight after work to get the screen shot.

    Dwayne

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