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terrikae
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October 18, 2022
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Text box padding at the top won't go away

  • October 18, 2022
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Any time I create a text box in a certain InDesign document it automatically applies a .375" padding at the top. I share this document with another person on the cloud, so I'm not sure where this comes from, and it didn't used to do that until a couple of months ago. I can't seem to get it to stop. I can remove it manually from each text box but it's really annoying. I've tried creating a new document and saving it with the regular default properties but it doesn't help. Any ideas?

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Correct answer Barb Binder

In a certain InDesign document... means you have inadvertently defined a document default. To remove it:

  1. Edit > Deselect All
  2. Object > Text Frame Objects Options > General > Inset Spacing > Top: 0, OK
  3. Try drawing a new text frame in the document. 

 

For more info on setting and removing InDesign defaults, see https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-setting-and-removing-defaults/.

~Barb

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Steve Werner
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Steve WernerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 18, 2022

What's happened is that the Object > Text Frame Options has been set with no text frame open.

 

In a new document, I choose Object > Text Frame Options and set the top margin to .25 in:

 

When I click OK, the page is empty again. But if I now create a text frame, the inset is set from the document default that was set.

 

 

 

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    terrikaeAuthor
    Participant
    October 20, 2022

    No margin is what I wanted but this works. I just really forgot about this feature. lol.

    Barb Binder
    Community Expert
    Barb BinderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    October 18, 2022

    In a certain InDesign document... means you have inadvertently defined a document default. To remove it:

    1. Edit > Deselect All
    2. Object > Text Frame Objects Options > General > Inset Spacing > Top: 0, OK
    3. Try drawing a new text frame in the document. 

     

    For more info on setting and removing InDesign defaults, see https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-setting-and-removing-defaults/.

    ~Barb

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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      terrikaeAuthor
      Participant
      October 20, 2022

      THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

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