Paragraph Leading Not Working

[ianbudd]

I've been using Publisher for well over a year and now have Mac version 1.8.6. I can't make the paragraph leading change the line spacing. I have Align to Baseline Grid unchecked and I have now completely removed the program and reinstalled. On first opening of the program after reinstallation, to the file I was working on, I still cannot get the paragraph leading to change. In my two screenshots you'll see it set at 12pt and then at 30pt. Am I just missing something or is there a problem?

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

From your description and screenshots this does not seem related to the Baseline Grid, as the Baseline Grid would not stop you from increasing the leading as you've tried.

My guess: You have overridden the leading in the Character panel. If you set something that is not the default there, it will override the Paragraph value (which is shown in the Paragraph panel and in the Context Toolbar).

[ianbudd]

Thanks Walt for that really quick reply. Yes, setting the Leading Override to Auto seemed to fix it. I don't yet fully understand how these settings interract but now I know where to look I should manage.

Thanks again!

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

The one in the Character panel is an override to the one in the Paragraph panel, and you would normally use it if you had a small amount of text within the paragraph that needed a different leading. Often used if that part of the text is a different font or font size.

 

[ianbudd]

Thanks, that's useful. I can only assume I had set it by accident at some point.