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• • November 20, 2013 at 10:09 am #66234
    troycole

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    Hi there,
    I’ve only recently discovered text variables and have been implementing them where ever possible (and practical) ever since.

    This morning however I have run into a small problem. I have several documents using <Running Header> on the Master Page to pull in the Level 1 Header (H1) as a footer. The H1 in all the documents has a soft return (shift return) which translates in the Running Header as a space. The problem is it only does this on page one – all subsequent pages have no space and ends up running two words together. So if I add a space to the H1 before the soft return, it shows up correctly for pages 2 and beyond – but page one gets two spaces…

    Is there something simple that I’m missing?

    Thanks,
    Troy

  • November 24, 2013 at 3:11 pm #66268
    Dwayne Harris

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    I never use soft returns in my H1 heads for this reason. InDesign will treat the soft return as a space, and if there is a space before the soft return it makes it two spaces. And if you delete that space and just use a soft return, it closes up. It is frustrating, I admit.

    The solution I figured out years ago was not to use soft returns. I’m taking it you are using soft returns for aesthetic reasons?

    Instead you will need to use the “no break” feature that InDesign has. I normally set up a character style sheet that only has “no break” checked. Then when I have to bring a line down to the next line, I apply that “no break” to the word and spaces that I want brought down.

    Or you may have to manually adjust your text indents to force things down.

    You definitely can’t use soft returns because of the reasons you mentioned.

    Hope this helps.

    Dwayne

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