space before no longer works after adding odd pg brk

Question

In process of learning ID for publishing my books. Can't find answer to this:

I set up paragraph style for my chapter headings in which the chapter title starts halfway down the page. I used the "space before" setting in the paragraph style options. Then i applied the odd page break before each chapter ("keep options: start paragraph on Odd Page") and the space before setting no longer worked. it's still set that way, but the chapter titles are now at the top of the odd page.
Anyone tell me how to have both settings engaged and working?

Kelli Jae Baeli · Accepted Answer

I figured it out. Here's a screen shot of the settings.

winterm · Answer

That's normal and expected behavior. Two possible approaches come to mind on the fly.

1. Do you use baseline grid for your body text? If no, you could use it for chapter headings. In document Preferences > Grids > Baseline Grid set its start (somewhere halfway down the page). Now, instead of Start Paragraph option include in style description Align to Grid: First Line Only - can be found in Paragraph Style Options > Indents and Spacing (where you set Space Before). Space Before setting is obsolete now, baseline grid does the job. That's it.

2. And the second is a dirty workaround, I shouldn't recommend this... Insert additional hard break (starting a new paragraph) before every heading, and apply your Odd Page Break Before to it, NOT to the chapter heading itself. Space Before setting in heading style description is still required and works now.

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