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• • May 12, 2012 at 1:13 pm #62171
    angharad09

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    I'm trying to set up a style for numbered headings. The hanging indent has to be deep enough to accommodate both “1” and “99”. The numbering style has the number followed by a period and a tab. I'm assuming (wrongly??) that there should be a tab stop at the same place as the hanging indent. (For example, if left indent is 0.75 and first line indent is -0.75, then there should be a tab stop at 0.75.) But if I put a tab stop there, the whole heading somehow gets pushed off the page and I see blank text frames to the end of the document. As long as I put the tab stop slightly to the left of where it should be, everything works (except for not being aligned right).

    What am I missing? The text frame is 5 inches wide and the type is 36 points, so there's not a lot of room, but it seems like there “should” be enough room to accommodate this. Thanks for any clues!

  • May 12, 2012 at 6:46 pm #62172
    Bob Rubey

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    Amanda,

    Are you using the Align to Decimal tab stop?

    Bob

  • May 16, 2012 at 10:00 am #62192
    angharad09

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    apologies for the delayed response. no, I used a left-aligned tab.

    I lucked out this time — while I was trying to figure it out, the client was deciding they didn't want numbered headings — but I'd still love to know for the future.

    thanks,

    Amanda

  • May 16, 2012 at 11:42 pm #62193
    Bala S

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    Dear Amanda,

    Can you check your style that, Hyphenate is switched on?

    thanks,

    Bala. S

  • May 18, 2012 at 12:12 pm #62202
    angharad09

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    Good point. I think turning hyphenation on might have helped. Smaller type size or shorter word definitely helped. Unfortunately, these weren't an option in that case. So I understand better for next time … is it just unable to fit the word, and thus pushing it to the next screen and the next screen ad infinitum? (This is getting pretty hypothetical, so I'll understand if there are no further answers. Thanks, guys.)

  • May 28, 2012 at 6:44 pm #62293
    Bob Rubey

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    Amanda,

    This response was delayed by a recent vacation, and I'm not entirely sure that the linked Flash video would have put you on the right track, but maybe you'll find some value. Note that when using Align to Decimal (or other characters), the tab precedes the character: https://www.screencast.com/t/J7QbfomFPg6F

    Bob

  • May 29, 2012 at 3:59 am #62297
    Bob Rubey

    Member

    Amanda,

    I realized this morning that I should have put a left align tab after the number to position the text. Doing so will allow the number and the text to be moved independently.

    I guess my brain was still on vacation….

    Bob

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