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  • August 24, 2018 at 8:07 am in reply to: Tabs Outside of Insets #110082
    John Stewart
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    Ok, I feel a bit silly, but I figured out what I need by accident. I created a right indent (inset), but changed the last line indent to the negative value of the right indent and that worked like a charm.

    July 20, 2017 at 8:41 am in reply to: Individual Text Column Color #96231
    John Stewart
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    I had a 6-column text frame with equal gutter, filled with text, that I split and then anchored to the table. I had to use a script because the text thread kept breaking when I tried to anchor to the table. It worked the way I wanted it to.

    July 20, 2017 at 8:23 am in reply to: Individual Text Column Color #96229
    John Stewart
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    I’m not sure how to send a screenshot, but it is basically each text frame inside a table cell, and then I color fill the cells. They all move together with the table since they are anchored to it. It is essentially creating fake threaded table cells since InDesign doesn’t have that feature.

    July 20, 2017 at 7:50 am in reply to: Individual Text Column Color #96227
    John Stewart
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    Ok, I have figured out an odd, but simple work around:

    I make sure my columned text frame is split into multiple frames, but making sure the frames are threaded. I then anchor each text frame to the table where the positioning is relative to the text frame (so I can move each frame exactly where I need them). Then I position each text frame inside the table cells. Now, when I select the table, it will move everything, and I can color each cell as I please and the text will still flow through all frames.

    It is a bit cumbersome at first, but once everything is in place, it becomes real simple. I also used a couple scripts to split the columns into frames and also to anchor each text frame to the table.

    June 28, 2017 at 8:37 am in reply to: Table of Contents: Link Multiple Pages #95723
    John Stewart
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    I tried the index feature, but it didn’t seem to be what I am looking for. I could be misunderstanding the index feature, too. Do you have any videos on creating indexes?

    June 28, 2017 at 8:14 am in reply to: Table of Contents: Link Multiple Pages #95720
    John Stewart
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    I guess what I am really asking is how do I create a cross reference that displays a paragraph flowing across multiple pages, rather than just where it starts?

    May 11, 2017 at 7:58 am in reply to: Reference Point for Placed Object #94513
    John Stewart
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    Thanks!

    May 11, 2017 at 6:31 am in reply to: Reference Point for Placed Object #94505
    John Stewart
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    Oh, shucks! I will then stick to the Fitting Features. It sounds like that will work for what I need. Thanks, David!

    May 11, 2017 at 5:36 am in reply to: Reference Point for Placed Object #94495
    John Stewart
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    I suppose reference point was not the right term to use. I can use that once the object is placed, definitely!

    However, I’m looking for when the object hasn’t been placed, yet, but is attached to the mouse waiting for you to place it. The mouse reference on the object is stuck in the top-left corner, so I have to place the image based only on the top-left corner. Is there a way to change that?

    February 24, 2017 at 2:23 pm in reply to: Tab Prevents Alignment #92395
    John Stewart
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    Ah, makes total sense! I ended up using Insert em Space from the Type menu and just kept adding to the width I needed. I like the column and line ideas, as well.

    In the end, I just need to sometimes forget what I know about MS Word when working with InDesign.

    Thanks much for the reply! It helped!

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