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saxtonstudio
saxtonstudio
Inspiring
January 18, 2023
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find/change to create universal baseline shift to em dash

  • January 18, 2023
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How do I give a new Baseline Shift setting to all the em-dashes within a document?

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Correct answer James Gifford—NitroPress

Pretty much as shown. In each Paragraph Style you want the fix applied, click on  GREP Style, then New GREP Style, and enter the Character Style name that fixes the shift, and the text code for em-dash, as shown.

 

All em-dashes in that Para style will have the specified Char style applied automatically.

 

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James Gifford—NitroPress
James Gifford—NitroPress
Brainiac
January 18, 2023

Ah, someone else who hates the way dashes sit too low within most fonts. 🙂

 

    jmlevy
    jmlevy
    Community Expert
    January 18, 2023

    Create a character style with the desired baseline shift amount and use a GREP style:

      saxtonstudio
      saxtonstudioAuthor
      Inspiring
      January 18, 2023

      Forgive me for being dense on this. I did create a character style with the desired baseline shift....  but don't know how to implement that within the grep window.

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPressCorrect answer
      Brainiac
      January 18, 2023

      Pretty much as shown. In each Paragraph Style you want the fix applied, click on  GREP Style, then New GREP Style, and enter the Character Style name that fixes the shift, and the text code for em-dash, as shown.

       

      All em-dashes in that Para style will have the specified Char style applied automatically.

       

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