Baseline grid in indesign



notes for Baseline grid in indesign:

setup grid

view grids & guides -> show baseline grid

preferences

preferences -> grid relative to top TOP MARGIN increment every 12pt (same as leading/linespacing) uncheck grids in back (so its on top of graphics)

paragraph style

double click on style indents and spacing -> align to grid -> All Lines put cursor in paragraph, make sure paragraph mode (top panel) click on align to baseline grid icon (next to hyphenate) falls es verschiebungen im ersten paragraph gibt (welcher ueber 2 spalten reicht), click ganz rechts on icon -> Only align first line to grid

custom baseline grids

draw text frame object -> textframe options -> baseline options -> use custom ... increment same as leading (linespacing vom text)

align text to baseline grid

in the paragraph panel click align to base grid icon (unten, schaut aus wie 2 textspalten)



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Published: December, 2012