What controls how far in an indent on a lined item is set?

[jimlight]

Check this image out:

See how the one character format has the lines extending to the edge of the page, but the one under does not?

Where does one control this depth?  I cannot for the life of me figure out what governs this distance.

[Matt S - Tech Comm Tools]

It's a paragraph, so the First and Left margins in the para designer.

-Matt

[jimlight]

That seems to only control the depth of the tab on the text; the lines remain unaffected. 

BUT:  If I change the lines from Double lines to Single Lines, they extend back to the edge like the ones above there that say "Note:"

I've inherited this formatting from the previous guy, and I cannot figure out where these line controls are.

[Jeff_Coatsworth · Accepted solution]

They're probably defined on the reference page

[jimlight]

@Jeff_Coatsworth

They were on the reference page!

@Tech Comm Tools
Your suggestion also worked for the text inset -- would any of this change the background spacing as well?  I noticed that if I added a yellow background via the Pgf. Box, it extends to the edge of the area instead of stopping where the text and lines were...

[Matt S - Tech Comm Tools]

Sorry, I'm not understanding your question. Can you provide an image?

[jimlight]

See how the color extends past the edge there, but the indent on the text is set?
This is me adding a yellow Pgf Box to this particular Para.

[Matt S - Tech Comm Tools]

Sorry, I still don't understand what you're trying to accomplish. Are you asking about a hypothetical?

[jimlight]

Not a hypothetical, the image above is what's happening...  the yellow background...  I don't have any control over its stop and start.  I'm trying to figure out how to have that control like I do with indent, and like the lines referenced on the reference pages.

[Matt S - Tech Comm Tools]

I'm not having that issue.

[Barb Binder]

Hi Jim:

Are you clear on the answer to your second question? You mentioned using Paragraph Designer > Advanced > Pgf. Box. Matt is showing you how to do it with Paragraph Designer > Font > Background Color.

But note that neither does quite what I think you want, because neither responds to indent commands. I'm guessing you want the yellow to be the same width as the rules above and below? The only way I can think of to get that specific look is to use a single-cell table.

~Barb

[Matt S - Tech Comm Tools]

Did you get this resolved?

-Matt