Skip to main content
smith_8480
Participant
Oct 27, 2025 12:37 PM UTC
Question

text perfectly across multiple columns in InDesign?

Hi everyone, I’m having trouble aligning text perfectly across multiple columns in InDesign. Even though I’ve set up equal column widths and margins, the baselines don’t seem to line up evenly from one column to the next. Is there a specific setting or technique I should use to make sure the text aligns consistently across all columns on the page? Any guidance would be appreciated!

3 replies

Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
Community Manager
Oct 28, 2025 12:52 PM UTC

Hi @smith_8480,

 

That's great to hear the problem's been solved. Could you please share what exactly helped fix it? It'll be really useful for others who might face the same alignment issue in the future.

 

Thanks for taking a moment to drop your solution here.

Abhishek

 

Translate
Dave Creamer of IDEAS
Community Expert
Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
Community Expert
Oct 27, 2025 12:55 PM UTC

The leading needs to be the same on all lines. Paragraph spacing needs to either be the same as the leading or at zero. Different fonts can cause a problem too, even at the same size. 

If that doesn't fix it, you will need to look into using grids--either baseline or text frame. 

 

Translate
David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
smith_8480Author
Participant
Oct 28, 2025 11:14 AM UTC

Thanks mate, the problem has been solved.

Translate
Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices