Issues with DropCap Tracking

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August 18, 2023
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Hi, I've been working on this document for several months now with a dropcap character style nested into my main body paragraph style.

Things have been fine till recently as I finalise it for export. Perhaps an adjustment I made in some other global settings have affected the spacing for certain paragraphs.
I've included multiple screenshots in the attached doc. Would appreciate any advise to resolve the overlapping / clashing text!

Help_Drop_Cap_Character_Style.docx

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Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Do all drop caps have a space followed?

What if you include a followed space into the drop cap settings? 2 lines, 2 characters?

What if you increase the tracking for the drop caps character style?

G

gethmedAuthor

Inspiring

Yes, most have a space following the dropcap.

However, those paragraphs where the dropcap collides with the body text don't seem to budge, whether a space is added or tracking is increased.

Adjusting the drop cap settings to 2 characters seems to solve it, the only exception being one or two paragraphs where the drop cap is the first alphabet of a word i.e. I would prefer that only the 1st character be a dropcap.

I suppose a quick solution would be to make the settings 2 lines 2 characters and manually create dropcap for the exceptional paragraphs? Any other suggestions?