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February 4, 2020 at 1:21 pm #1227167Matt MParticipant
Hi all,
I’m wanting to create a line underneath my headings but I would like them all to be the same size – I know I can create a paragraph rule but I am unable to get this to be the same size for all my headings, it’s either the length of the text or column which I don’t want.
Is there any workaround or another way of doing this?
Thanks
Matt
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February 4, 2020 at 1:46 pm #14323147Chris ThompsonMember
If you set the Paragraph Rule to Rule Below, and Column, then set a left or right offset, does that meet your needs?
Good luck,
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February 4, 2020 at 1:50 pm #14323146Matt MParticipant
That could work but if the columns aren’t all the same length then the line wouldn’t be the same size across all headings, or am I wrong?
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February 4, 2020 at 1:53 pm #14323145Chris ThompsonMember
Ah, you’ve got me there.
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February 4, 2020 at 2:29 pm #14323144David BlatnerKeymaster
Tricky. You could perhaps anchor a line. For example, you could find all the headings and paste an anchored line at the beginning of the paragraph. Make sure the line is set to an object style, so that it’s easy to adjust later, after being anchored.
To paste an anchored object, you would want to use the find/change “from clipboard” trick: -
February 4, 2020 at 3:22 pm #14323142Matt MParticipant
Thanks David :)
I presume I would have to do this every time a new heading is added?
I’m surprised Adobe hasn’t included something along the lines of a fixed width on the paragraph rules or something similar.
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February 4, 2020 at 5:42 pm #14323141David BlatnerKeymaster
Yes, you’d have to do that after each heading.
Feel free to suggest this as a feature at indesign.uservoice.com -
February 5, 2020 at 1:54 am #14323140Matt MParticipant
Hi David,
Thanks, I thought that may be the case.
There is already a suggestion for this feature, if yourself or anyone else thinks this is a good feature or may need it in the future could you vote for it please – https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/33759133–fixed-width-option-for-paragraph-rules-and-style
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February 5, 2020 at 9:18 am #14323137David BlatnerKeymaster
Michel A. sent me a private msg with a brilliant workaround to do this! In the Strokes panel menu, choose Stroke Styles. Make a new Dash stroke that has a very long pattern length, no corners, and a dash the length you want. For example, here’s how you can get a stroke that is always 5p wide:
You can apply that custom stroke as a Rule Below. Thank you, Michel!
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February 5, 2020 at 9:33 am #14323136Matt MParticipant
Ooo that’s a nice workaround, thanks for bringing it to my attention David and thank you Michel for letting us all now.
Appreciate all the help everyone has given me :)
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February 11, 2020 at 11:08 am #14323099Michel Allio for FRIdNGEParticipant
Now, I just need to remember how I did it four years ago! =D
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March 15, 2021 at 4:26 am #14337429Mathias HoegParticipant
I am trying to make the workaround above, but with a centered stroke instead of left aligned. Is there any way to do this?
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April 11, 2021 at 3:51 pm #14338397Michel Allio for FRIdNGEParticipant
Yes! (“1 click!”, by Script)
(^/) The Jedi
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