Text variables removing kerning and squishing text

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May 6, 2020
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I have created some text variables so that one variable can be changed once and it's addition throughout a document will update automatically. The issue is that it only works if the text variable is the last part of a sentence. If it's used in the middle of a sentence, it removes all kerning and the copy is squished.

Other than creating individual text boxes ( which is not a viable solution ) what else can be done to fix this?

Correct answer Barb Binder

Text variables can't break across lines. InDesign willl squish them if they don't have enough room. See if you can get "my" to go the the next line, or re-write the text that proceeds it to give it more room.

Allowing variables to wrap has been a feature request for a long time. Please vote for it here: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/31023790-make-text-variables-live-captions-breakable-like-n.

~Barb

Barb Binder

Community Expert

I hear you, and I totally agree. It's always important to vote up a feature request because that's what gets the attention of the Adobe engineers.

Thanks for voting—this a feature I'd also like to see added, sooner rather than later.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Barb Binder

Correct answer

Community Expert

Text variables can't break across lines. InDesign willl squish them if they don't have enough room. See if you can get "my" to go the the next line, or re-write the text that proceeds it to give it more room.

Allowing variables to wrap has been a feature request for a long time. Please vote for it here: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/31023790-make-text-variables-live-captions-breakable-like-n.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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cateatsfoodAuthor

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Seeing is believing in the attachment I have attached above in my post.

Here it is again.

You can see the text variable at the end of the sentence not squished.Yet, the same text variable added in the middle of a sentence, results in squished text.