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Formatting text in InDesign

New Here ,
Feb 19, 2024 Feb 19, 2024

I want to create a brochure that looks like this 

 

Name........................................Info 

 

I used to know how to have the dots filled in based on space, but I cant remeber now. 

Does anyone know how to have this fill in so I dont have to type them all individialy? 

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Community Expert , Feb 19, 2024 Feb 19, 2024

You probably want a leader tab.

 

Open the Tab window over the text you want to adjust (Ctrl-Shift-T):

JamesGiffordNitroPress_0-1708366067826.png

 

Click in the gray bar to place your tab:

JamesGiffordNitroPress_2-1708366176384.png

 

With that tab still selected (highlighted in blue) click the tab type you want, probably a right-justfied tab, and type the character or short character string you want to appear as the "leader" across the word space, in this case just one period:

JamesGiffordNitroPress_3-1708366353206.png

 

Lots of adjustments from there, and note that you can use (for example) a period-space to change th

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Community Expert ,
Feb 19, 2024 Feb 19, 2024

You probably want a leader tab.

 

Open the Tab window over the text you want to adjust (Ctrl-Shift-T):

JamesGiffordNitroPress_0-1708366067826.png

 

Click in the gray bar to place your tab:

JamesGiffordNitroPress_2-1708366176384.png

 

With that tab still selected (highlighted in blue) click the tab type you want, probably a right-justfied tab, and type the character or short character string you want to appear as the "leader" across the word space, in this case just one period:

JamesGiffordNitroPress_3-1708366353206.png

 

Lots of adjustments from there, and note that you can use (for example) a period-space to change the spacing of the leader dots.

 

For more details, look up 'InDesign leader tabs" in your favorite search tool.

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Feb 19, 2024 Feb 19, 2024
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Thank you soooooo much!!!! This was so helpful!

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