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Inspiring
May 18, 2021
Question

Remove endnote reference number from optical margin alignment

  • May 18, 2021
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Hello everyone,

 

A document I'm working on includes lots of endnotes, which are up to three digits long. I've used optical margin alignment to keep the main text looking readable, but the endnote references are automatically included. The result is visually jarring when the endnote reference appears at the end of a line, as only some of the final digit in the endnote hangs over the margin. I'd prefer to keep the whole reference inside the margin. 

 

Does anyone happen to know if there's a way to specify this anywhere, or any kind of space I can add after the reference to trick InDeisgn into preventing the reference from crossing over the margin?

 

Thanks a lot!

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TᴀW
Legend
May 18, 2021

Check the "Ignore Optical Margin" checkbox for the paragraph style. It's in the paragraph style options, under the "Indents and Spacing" tab.

 

Ariel

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M PAuthor
Inspiring
May 18, 2021

Dear Ariel,

 

Thanks for responding so quickly. My issue is that I'm hoping to keep optical margin alignment for each paragraph, but make an exception for the endnote references whereby they'd be in line with the rest of the text, rather than being treated as punctuation that hangs over the border.

TᴀW
Legend
May 18, 2021

Hi M P,

Yes, I gathered that.

The checkbox I refer to is available for each paragraph style individually.

I am presuming that you have applied a particular and specific paragraph style to your endnotes.

If that is the case, go into the Style Options dialog for that paragraph style (right-click on the paragraph style in the Paragraph Styles window and select "Edit"), and check the checkbox to "Ignore Optical Margin."

That will disable it for that paragraph style only.

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