Thanks Steve. The issue being is while I know this, the target audience won’t. With the largest demographic of the target audience being Baby Boomers and Gen X, a lot of people won’t know to download Reader or how to set up their browsers to use Reader instead of the browser/integrate Reader into the browser. With that being said, it’ll also have to display accurately on mobile.

I work in print but also create a digital version of collateral that’s uploaded to the website. I don’t want to have two files or use rudimentary techniques that take longer to achieve the same effect. Tens of thousands of people may view these documents, so I want to ensure they’re displaying as designed.

I normally gravitate toward GREP instead of a nested style perhaps due to design style/projects I’ve worked on. Often it’s a body text that may or may not need the run-in head.

With a nested style, every paragraph needs the colon format or the entire paragraph will be whatever character style the nested style defines. As you know, I’m able to apply a style with GREP to find specific text patterns.

The best I could come up with on my own was to do an indent then a negative first line indent, but that only works for left-aligned copy. Some is right-aligned in the project I’m working on.

Thanks David! I did test the trial. It took a little bit of figuring out before I could get it to work, but it would work.

For my purposes, however, I think just modifying a paragraph style’s spacing will get me the look I want. It’s honestly no more work than configuring the script.

I have three styles that cycle styles on carriage return. The first is the name of a show, the second is the city and state, and the third is an underline paragraph style to separate with a tab set to span the column. I made the font size the same point size as the underline weight and shifted it to fit in the center. I could’ve created a table or used anchored objects instead, but this seemed to be the quickest way to typeset as the content changes weekly. Thus far, I’ve seen it be between 5-10 shows, so that’s where the justification comes in.

Adding spacing to the underline style before and after works, but it’s manual as is the script.

Thanks! That only seems to work if you’re using a document with facing pages. I never work in spreads because it kills inside bleeds in saddlestitch pagination. However, I can turn on facing pages and keep all pages separate while ensuring the page is on the proper side of the spine.

I think I figured it out. It looks like the Content Collector will do it or Edit > Place and Link. I was hoping there was a way to link frames that already exist, but this will work.

Thanks! I’ve never delved into setting PDF standards often unless specifically asked. I don’t deal with the printers at my current role too often, and the times I’ve asked they typically don’t specify.

The main reason for my question was InDesign defaults still list Acrobat 5 as the standard compatibility for their presets. Acrobat 5 can drink legally now, so I think we can assume people have moved on but wanted to make sure.