When to favor paragraph spacing over first line indents. The importance of spacing in structuring a document.
- [Voiceover] To achieve spacing between paragraphs,…use space before or space after.…You'll find them on the paragraph formatting controls.…Here is space before, and this one space after.…Do not add extra carriage returns between paragraphs.…Every time you create a new paragraph…by pressing return or enter,…the blank paragraph has the same formats,…including the leading,…as the paragraph before it.…
Amongst other problems this can mean that…if your text flows to multiple columns of pages,…a return at the top of the column or page…will create an unwanted space.…And if I press my w key to to turn on my guide…so we can see there is…the offending extra carriage return.…Also, if you are creating epubs and you use…blank returns to create space between paragraphs,…the epub export will ignore them.…In this example, the space between the paragraphs…is achieved with space before.…
In the second paragraph, I have 24 points of space before,…and in the third paragraph, 12 points of space before.…While occasionally you may need to use…
Author
Nigel French
Released
6/30/2016To get the most from this course, make sure to watch InDesign Typography Part 1.
- Text flow and text threading
- Placeholders and text frames
- Type alignment
- Indents, insets, and spacing
- Bullet and numbered lists
- Text wrap
- Formatting with styles
- Hyphenation and line breaks
- Combining typefaces
- White space and grids
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome40s
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Exercise files1m 5s
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1. Text Flow
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Text flow and text threading5m 49s
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Auto-sizing text frames2m 22s
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Good type hygiene4m 45s
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2. Alignment
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Left-aligned type3m 39s
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Justified type4m 57s
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Centered type1m 13s
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Right-aligned type1m 14s
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Hanging punctuation2m 22s
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Vertical alignment options4m 19s
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3. Indents, Insets, and Spacing
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First-line indents3m 54s
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Other types of indents2m 37s
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Using text insets2m 51s
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Paragraph spacing2m 39s
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4. Typical Formatting Scenarios
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Tabbed text9m 3s
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Bullet and numbered lists7m 20s
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Working with tables4m 36s
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Working with text wraps10m 24s
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5. Global Formatting with Styles
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Parent and child styles6m 45s
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Sequential styles3m 22s
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Using a grep style5m 4s
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6. Controlling Text
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Hyphenation8m 18s
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Breaking lines2m 33s
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Keep Options3m 25s
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Preventing short lines4m 29s
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7. Design Considerations
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Combining typefaces2m 22s
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Establishing hierarchy3m 52s
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Using white space2m 25s
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Working with a grid3m 41s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye34s
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