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May Buhr
May Buhr
Participant
November 20, 2019
Question

Paragraph shading hides line under text

  • November 20, 2019
  • 8 replies
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Hi,

 

I have discovered a problem using paragraph shading, that would be nice to find a solution for.

 

I have a text that needs to be shaded, and certain parts to be shaded AND underlined.

When I try to use the underline function, it seems that the shading comes on top of the underline on some of the text and below on other parts of the text.

 

I have tried several different solutions, and can with some luck make it appear, if I use different styles and go back to the original style and make soft and hard returns. But not a consistent solution!

 

Please help!

 

/May

 

 

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    8 replies

    Matteo G
    Matteo G
    Participant
    April 6, 2023

    They still have to fix this???

    Hello 2023

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    Community Expert
    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 6, 2023

    Hi @Matteo G ,

    to change things more votes are needed…

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( Adobe Community Expert )

    L
    Community Expert
    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 28, 2020

    Hi Mark,

    commented and voted!

     

    Thanks,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

    L
    Community Expert
    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 28, 2020

    Hi Mark,

    thank you for that suggestion!

    FWIW: The issue can be avoided if the height of the shading of the next paragraph does not touch the underline.

     

    Nevertheless, please do a bug report:

    https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs

     

    If done, come back here and post the link so that we can vote for fixing the issue.

     

    Thanks,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    markd81221339
    Known Participant
    July 28, 2020

    Hi Uwe,

     

    Thank you for your suggestion.

    That's a logical explanation. Although, the text remains on top so I would expect that the underline (which is part of the text, in my opinion) should also stay on top.

     

    In my case I need the height of the shading on several paragraph styles so it becomes a text block (with for example a heading, intro and a body) that will flow with the entire document text. See example below.

    Each paragraph needs the same amount of spacing/padding. Not every text block will start with a heading of end with body text.

    Kind regards,

    Mark

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    markd81221339
    Known Participant
    July 28, 2020

    Reported it as a bug like you suggested:

    https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/41014753-underline-disappears-when-paragraph-shading-is-use

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    markd81221339
    Known Participant
    July 28, 2020

    I ran into the same problem today. I have a paragraph style for the text that needs a shading and a character style for text with a hyperlink. The underline disappeares when shading is used. This looks like a bug.
    But I have been playing around with this for a while and I have found a workaround for this little issue. Instead of the underline I now use the strikethrough and I lowered the line to the position I want. I saved this in a character style.

    Hope this helps you or others who ran into this bug.

      J
      Jael Cox
      Participant
      February 15, 2021

      Thanks! This works for me

        L
        Community Expert
        LaubenderCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 20, 2019

        Hi May,

        can you show a screenshot where the issue is showing?

         

        Regards,
        Uwe Laubender

        ( ACP )

        May Buhr
        May BuhrAuthor
        Participant
        November 20, 2019

        Sure 🙂

         

        Below is the 2 paragraphs in 2 screenshots.

         

        The only difference from the top to the bottom picture, is the hard return at the end of second paragraph in the bottom picture. Both paragraphs in the bottom picture have underlines just like the top picture ... ?

         

        So I found a solution, but not the reason? :-s

         

         

         

        Willi Adelberger
        Community Expert
        Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 20, 2019

        Use Paragraph Sading and Paragraph frame and use only the bottom border.

        Derek Cross
        Community Expert
        Derek CrossCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 20, 2019

        Are you using Paragraph (and Character) Styles?

        May Buhr
        May BuhrAuthor
        Participant
        November 20, 2019

        Yes, i'm using paragraph styles for the background paragraph shading, and am manually adding the underline for selected lines. No characterstyles for this style.

         

        I have discovered that if I make a soft return at the end of the underlined part it shows; if I make a hard return it disapears ...?

         

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          Anonymous
          November 20, 2019

          Hi

          Can you tell us which application you are using so we can move this thread to the appropriate forum

          May Buhr
          May BuhrAuthor
          Participant
          November 20, 2019

          Yes, Indesign 🙂

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          Anonymous
          November 20, 2019

          Cheer's I've moved the thread for you

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