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• • June 26, 2014 at 12:40 pm #69176
    Tom Venetia

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    I produce books which contain text with several different paragraph/character styles and graphics/images.
    Sometimes I also use two or more columns for the layout.
    What I would like to have is nice vertical justification on all pages _without losing_ leading and the spacing between paragraphs, but I simply cannot get this. On some pages I get it on some its a total mess.
    Question 1: I do understand that the Keep Options interfere in this process but why do I get totally different leading and paragraph spacing in two adjacent columns or pages that do not seem to have anything different besides the paragraph styles (with the same Keep Options: widow/orphan 2/2) and different font sizes?
    Question 2: Why is it that if I place a graphic over a text frame and apply a text wrap with the bottom spacing = 0, ID does creates a white bottom space that I cannot control?
    Many thanks for the help
    Tom

  • June 30, 2014 at 3:39 pm #69222
    Dwayne Harris

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    How are you trying to get perfectly aligned columns? Do you have the text box set for “vertical justification”? If so, InDesign will *try* to do what it can, but let’s say there is a bad page break. One column has 40 lines in it, and the other now only has 38 in it. InDesign will add leading to that short column to make them bottom align. I keep away from using that feature, as many book publishers no longer allow “feathering.”

    In regards to your second question–you can control the text wrap. Go to your text wrap palette and you can adjust it from there. You can add space on any one of the four sides, or you can use negative space if there is too much. I’m not sure why you are getting extra space if you have it set for zero. Actually–if you don’t want a text wrap on it, just change the text wrap to none.

  • June 30, 2014 at 4:49 pm #69224
    Tom Venetia

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    Hello Dwayne, many thanks for your reply and thoughtfulness.
    Yes, all text boxes use vertical justification, but many times ID does not seem to follow any logical process to insert leading and the adjacent columns look horrible. If I could send you some scans you would see the problems I have been facing. Maybe then you could diagnose it better
    As for the second question, I do use the wrap palette but still lose control on the bottom white spacing even if that value is set to zero.
    If it is not too much for asking, let me have your email address and I will send you more information. (mine is tom.venetia@ig.com.br).
    All the best
    Tom

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