Musaffar Posted January 7, 2020 Posted January 7, 2020 Hi I'm creating a new paragraph style and would like it to have the following characteristics: A Background colour Must be full width of the page (therefore the backgroound colour will appear across the width of the page for the paragraph) Must have some internal padding, equally around all 4 edges. Can this be achieved? I'm not having much luck so far. Kind Regards Musaffar Quote
Old Bruce Posted January 7, 2020 Posted January 7, 2020 You have to use the Decorations section and use fill with a large negative offset. There is a problem with using a paragraph style for this in that depending on the placement of the text on the page your offsets may not cover the width. If the text is in the same location for all instances then there is no problem. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
Musaffar Posted January 7, 2020 Author Posted January 7, 2020 Hi Thanks, that was quite helpful. I was able to set the background across the width of the page for the paragraph. How can I set internal padding around all edges? Kind Regards Musaffar Quote
Old Bruce Posted January 7, 2020 Posted January 7, 2020 14 minutes ago, Musaffar said: How can I set internal padding around all edges? That is in the Paragraph Style definition under Spacing. Edit, or under Text Frame General > Insets. Can't believe I forgot that one. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
Musaffar Posted January 7, 2020 Author Posted January 7, 2020 Hi Bruce Under Paragraph Style > Spacing, I only able to adjust the inset for left and right insets. This is great, but I cannot do the same for top and bottom. Quote or under Text Frame General > Insets. Can't believe I forgot that one. The settings in the text frame panel are disabled, nevertheless I would prefer to create a paragraph style if possible as I will be reusing the style quite often across this and other documents. Kind Regards Musaffar Quote
Musaffar Posted January 7, 2020 Author Posted January 7, 2020 Hi Bruce Please ignore my previous post, with the information provided in your posts I was able to accomplish the style I wanted. Many thanks for your help, your insight was hugely useful. Kind Regards Musaffar Quote
Old Bruce Posted January 7, 2020 Posted January 7, 2020 Excellent news Mussaffar. Glad you replied, I have been trying to figure out how it would not work for you. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
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