jared2814 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Is there a way to make consecutive, even spaced, horizontal lines going down a document? InDesign has a way using lines under rules and tabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Can you specify more detailed ? – in AfPub are several ways to (auto-) generate lines, either as guides, as objects or within a text style. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared2814 Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 Lets say that I want to make a page full of horizontal lines evenly spaced down a page (like a piece of notebook paper). Is there a way to do this without having to manually draw in the lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 1. Draw the first line. 2. Copy it with cmd-J 3. Move the copy to the wanted position. 4. Repeat cmd-J to place further copies with same distance. jmwellborn 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Another way: 1. Firstly, determine how many lines you want (e.g. 20) 2. Draw the first line 3. Duplicate it with CTRL+J, 19 times to duplicate the line (CMD+J on MACs) All 20 lines will now be on top of each other 4. Select all the lines in the layers panel 5. Use the Align Vertically function to space the lines (as shown below) If at this stage you decide you want more lines, just select any line, CTRL+J to duplicate it as many times as needed then repeat from step 4 Optional: Group the lines and add to assets to use on other pages or documents R C-R 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I would be not too sad if Publisher gets one day the "Duplicate with offset" feature like in Indesign, where you can type in the copies and offset vertically and horizontally. I am fine with manual duplicating elements 20 times, but this is anyway more work I would like to avoid. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Another simple alternative is to use a table (see attached GIF): * Create a table with the number of rows that is one less than the number of lines you require; * Select all the cells; * Using the Table Panel, select the “All” border icon and set the border to “None”; * Still in the Table Panel, select the “All Horizontal” border icon and set the stroke to what you need. Then you can resize the table as required. As you can see from the GIF it only takes a few seconds to set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Usually I do this with a justified paragraph style and decoration. You can modify leading to have more/less lines. lines.afpub MikeW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 23 minutes ago, Wosven said: Usually I do this with a justified paragraph style and decoration. You can modify leading to have more/less lines. lines.afpub Which is what one would do, and I think the OP is wanting, in ID, QXP, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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