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color/mark every second line of text with a specific color

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Nov 01, 2021 Nov 01, 2021

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Please help! How can I colour/mark every second line of text with a specific colour throughout the book?

Еrying to prepare a book for reading by people with disabilities (seniors with poor eyesight)

Is there a way to automate this entire process? Similar to MS Exel table - every odd row to gray

Thank you

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Nov 01, 2021 Nov 01, 2021

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Are you trying to create something like this?

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Create a Character Style. Use the Underline Options section to create a look that "fills" the space behind the text..

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Create a Paragraph Style. Within the Drop Caps and Nested Styles section add Nested Line Styles as needed and repeat them as necessary.

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I'm happy to go into more detail if needed.

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Note that depending on the number of lines you have in a paragraph you may get the highlighting appearing on consecutive lines (last and first lines of consecutive paragraphs).

 

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Is it so hard to alternate line color without restarting at each para?

 

(^/)  The Jedi

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I hear ya

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Nov 01, 2021 Nov 01, 2021

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@Michael Bullo I just prepared the same thing. Just not as fast as you!! 😂

 

~Barb

 

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Oh no. That thing took me so long to prepare I was sure someone like your good self was going to beat me to it. Next time 🙂

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PS: Your Magenta looks extremely desaturated 😉

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LOL. It does, doesn't it! I was working on the GREP after a line break question too and repurposed the character style. Still can't figure that one out.

 

~Barb

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