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1) When I import (Place) a file into InDesign, the imported text file expands the blue box text margins I have set (A-Master settings) to the pink printable box lines. This did not happen in the first two imports (Ch 1 and Ch 2). How do I keep the import (Place) within the blue lines of the text box? (See Attachment Problem-Margins)
2) When import the file, sometimes an extra spacing exists between the paragraphs and I cannot find a way to eliminate that (See Attachment Problem-Spacing -- Note that the first paragraph (1) came in with no spacing, but from (2) onward, there is an unwanted spacing)
Hi Del,
Once you have a story ready to place and your cursor changes to the "loaded" cursor, if you click in an existing text frame, the story will fill the frame. If you click and drag out a frame, the story will be that size. If you just click on a page the story will size itself to the margins (the pink lines).
To maintain consistent story sizes either set the margins when you create a new document or set master text frames on your master pages. Adobe has an excellent video showing these master page features here: http://is.gd/4Pkgz
When you import text, by default you import character and paragraph styles as well as any formatting applied to the text. Once imported you can select all text. In the paragraph palette set the space before and space after attribute to zero. This will remove the extra spaces. You can the apply your own formatting.
Hope this helps,
Glen Demers
Prepress Technician, Best Printing Online
www.bestprintingonline.com
For more InDesign tips please visit our help pages here: http://www.bestprintingonline.com/indesign.htm
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Glen Demers
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I am a Prepress Technician for Best Printing Online and can answer any question about preparing your InDesign document for print.
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Some college training in printing and have attended numerous seminars
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Some college training in printing and have attended numerous seminars
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