Paragraph leading not working

[SoCalMan]

Paragraph leading does not appear to be working in my documents.  For example, some paragraphs display with very large line spacing and changing the values in the Paragraph panel has no effect.

Any ideas?

Jim Meketa

[walt.farrell]

Without having a sample file that demonstrates the problem it's hard to do anything but guess.

First guess: You have Baseline Grid enabled, and it's something to do with the interaction between leading and the grid.

[SoCalMan]

Walt:

Thanks for your reply.  I believe the reason is more simple: I had a corrupted copy of Publisher.  I deleted it and started all over again and everything appears to work now.

Jim Meketa

[walt.farrell]

Good to hear it's working, Jim.

Note that rather than uninstalling and reinstalling, a simpler approach is to hold the Ctrl key to perform a reset while starting the application. Press and hold Ctrl, then click on the application to start it. You'll get a special Reset dialog before the main dialog window appears. (On Windows you may need to click the application icon on the Task Bar.) You can select all the options and press Clear to do a full reset. Note that this will also delete any brushes you've installed or other items you've added (Assets, Styles, Text Styles, etc.).

[SoCalMan]

Will:

Thanks for the help.  Most appears to be well now with two exceptions:

1) I cannot get text wrap settings to stick, neither Synchronize nor Save appear to work.

2) The footnote feature of PagePlus appears to have vanished.

Regards,

Jim Meketa in sunny San Diego, California

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, SoCalMan said:

1) I cannot get text wrap settings to stick, neither Synchronize nor Save appear to work.

2) The footnote feature of PagePlus appears to have vanished.

1. Don't know anything about that; sorry.

2. Publisher is a totally different application from PagePlus. Nothing has vanished, it's just that footnotes haven't been implemented in the new application yet.

[SoCalMan]

Again many thanks.  If I find a work around for text wrapping I will post it, currently I think it's a bug.

 

Jim Meketa

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

If you think it's a bug, you can review/search the Publisher Bugs forums to see if you find a match, or post a topic of your own with more details (including screenshots, or movies) and a sample file that demonstrates the problem.

I may have seen something similar over there.

[jmwellborn]

22 hours ago, SoCalMan said:

Will:

Thanks for the help.  Most appears to be well now with two exceptions:

1) I cannot get text wrap settings to stick, neither Synchronize nor Save appear to work.

2) The footnote feature of PagePlus appears to have vanished.

Regards,

Jim Meketa in sunny San Diego, California

Hi Jim!  Used to live in Sunny San Diego (La Jolla) myself!  Miss the ocean and the sound of the Point Loma lighthouse on nights when the breeze was just right. Anyway.  The text wrap settings unfortunately cannot be synchronized and saved, even though Publisher HELP has stated that they can.  I have tried again recently and have posted this in the Publisher Bugs Forum.   For the present, each time you place an image you have to start from NONE.  It is a pain, but at least the wrap works beautifully!

[SoCalMan]

Glad to know that it's a bug and not my own ineptitude.

 

Jim Meketa

[randomjames]

I am also experiencing leading issues in Designer.

[CGBJR]

I'm having trouble assigning leading to a text style. I don't know what proper settings should be. I can adjust the leading of a style by using the paragraph spacing window, but that does not get saved with the text style.

FWIW all I want is 10 point type with 12 point leading.

Thanks in advance - Chuck

Edited August 17, 2019 by CGBJR
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[Idaho Dolly]

I too am having leading issues.  I am using a 10 pt. font and specifically want my leading at 14, but it jumps to almost a double spacing from 12 pt (the automatic spacing for 10 pt font) to 13 pt and then does not adjust differently unit you hit 24 pt.  Something seems to be terribly amiss.

[walt.farrell]

8 minutes ago, Idaho Dolly said:

I too am having leading issues.  I am using a 10 pt. font and specifically want my leading at 14, but it jumps to almost a double spacing from 12 pt (the automatic spacing for 10 pt font) to 13 pt and then does not adjust differently unit you hit 24 pt.  Something seems to be terribly amiss.

Sounds like you might have a Baseline grid active. That would override paragraph leading.

[Idaho Dolly]

That was the problem.  Thanks so much Walt - I was getting close to pulling a few hairs out!  M

[lvdeb]

New user here, switching over from InDesign. I'm experiencing the same issue. I've tried the reset using the control button.  Haven't gone so far as to re-install. The "Align to Baseline Grid" box isn't activated. Video attached. Nothing moves like in the tutorial for leading when I scroll over the sizes either.

[walt.farrell]

7 minutes ago, lvdeb said:

The "Align to Baseline Grid" box isn't activated.

Welcome to the Serif Affnity forums.

Have you checked:

• The Use Baseline Grid setting in the Text Frame studio panel?
• The Use Baseline Grid setting in the Baseline Grid Manager?
• The Leading Override in the Character studio panel?
  

[lvdeb]

The character positioning and transform worked! Thanks so much.

Edited May 26, 2020 by lvdeb
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[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

[CowboyPhil]

Walt:

You are my new hero,  forget Superman and Batman....YOU DA MAN.  I was so frustrated I almost uninstalled and reinstalled.  THANK YOU

Edited December 17, 2020 by CowboyPhil

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome, Phil.

 

[claidheamdanns]

Thanks, I was having the same problem and baseline grid was turn on for every new text frame I'd created. 

I absolutely hate baseline grid. I've never intentionally used it in my 22 years of Prepress work. Any way that this can be turn off permanently in the app? A default OFF instead of default ON?

Thanks!

[walt.farrell]

10 minutes ago, claidheamdanns said:

Any way that this can be turn off permanently in the app? A default OFF instead of default ON?

Try creating a new Text Frame, then making sure that items in the Context Toolbar are set as you'd like them to be by default. Then switch to the Text Frame panel, and make sure its settings are as you'd like (especially the Baseline Grid setting).

Then with the Text Frame still selected, use Edit > Defaults > Synchronize from Selection from the Menu, followed by Edit > Defaults > Save.

[Old Bruce]

19 hours ago, claidheamdanns said:

.... I absolutely hate baseline grid. I've never intentionally used it in my 22 years of Prepress work....

I on the other hand have yet to find a pattern to my love / hate use of baseline grids, comes and goes every 2 to 60 months. 

[MikeTO]

19 hours ago, claidheamdanns said:

I absolutely hate baseline grid.

I absolutely love baseline grid. 🙂

It's probably due to my minor OCD.