jimjumper Posted January 30 Posted January 30 Is there a way to set a tab stop as part of the text box? I am working with very short paragraphs (4-5 lines) and as soon as I move past one paragraph to the next the tab stop goes away. I was just doing each one individually with the space bar but if I could set a tab for the whole document it would be much easier. Or if the tab stops would copy with the text boxes? Or maybe I'm not looking at tabs the right way? Quote
Catshill Posted January 30 Posted January 30 Create a style which includes the tab stop(s) and apply that to all the text in the frame. Quote
jimjumper Posted January 30 Author Posted January 30 No luck, when I apply the style to the text it deletes large chunks of text. It did give me a tab stop though! Quote
Staff NathanC Posted January 30 Staff Posted January 30 Hi @jimjumper, I wouldn't expect defining tab stops on a text style to delete text when applied, could you share a copy of the .afpub document where you have encountered this? This should also provide some clarity on what you're wanting to achieve, it doesn't necessarily need to be the whole document. 🙂 Quote
Old Bruce Posted February 1 Posted February 1 On 1/29/2025 at 9:47 PM, jimjumper said: Is there a way to set a tab stop as part of the text box? I am working with very short paragraphs (4-5 lines) and as soon as I move past one paragraph to the next the tab stop goes away. I was just doing each one individually with the space bar but if I could set a tab for the whole document it would be much easier. Or if the tab stops would copy with the text boxes? Or maybe I'm not looking at tabs the right way? I am assuming your Tab Stop is my First Line Indent. Check the Paragraph Styles and look for that in Spacing. 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.
jimjumper Posted February 1 Author Posted February 1 When I apply, what I think is the text style, i thought the text disappeared, but it just changed color so I couldn't see it. For my purposes, creating a text style seems to be redundant to just changing the text via the style bar menu. I'm doing a lot of different fonts and colors but its only for a 70 page 5"X8" magazine once a quarter. By the time I figure out exactly what the style settings need to be to see it on the page, I've highlighted, changed it, and indented it manually and moved on to the next article in the magazine. Maybe, if and when, I take on a larger project I'll see the need but right now it just slows me down. Now, if I can just figure out those damn leader dots! Quote
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