Copy and paste make a different type of text

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December 18, 2024
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Hello everyone. I'm experiencing a problem with InDesign. I want to copy and paste text from one page to another, often copying the entire existing page. However, when I scroll through the page, there are always small but noticeable differences (and I'm talking about text that I've copied, so it should be the same). For example, the line spacing is slightly different, or the text appears darker than it should be. How can I resolve this issue?

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Robert at ID-Tasker

Brainiac

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Darker text - do you have any objects with transparency effects - on the destination pages?

Line spacing - any objects with TextWrap?

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Use the same paragraph settings and styles. Work never with manual formatting.

James Gifford—NitroPress

Brainiac

More specifically:

Use Paragraph Styles (and Character Styles) for ALL text, with no manual or spot overrides.
Be sure you are pasting into the same Paragraph Style — creating a new, empty paragraph and verifying or setting the style first is the suspenders-and-belt method. You can merge paragraphs after pasting if needed, and will develop a sense of what you can paste where and how with what effect, but making sure the cursor is in the same style is the important aspect.

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