How to Align Text to the Top of the Frame in Adobe InDesign When Baseline Grid Isn't Aligning

[defaultcvur9lrgqhw8]

Hello, I am trying to align my text to the top of the frame, the lines are not aligned to the baseline grid, the text frame options were set to cap hight, but it still won't align.

What am I misssing?

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[defaultcvur9lrgqhw8]

Forgot to add the file, so here it is.

[Chad Chelius]

OK, you're trying to align text to the top of the frame but based on your screen shot, you're trying to do it within an Object Style. So what you have to do is click on "Text Frame General Options" on the left side of the dialog box and then choose "Top" from the align drop-down menu under "Vertical justification".

[Laubender]

Just downloaded your document and can see the issue.

The first paragraph is not aligned to the baseline grid, but all other paragraphs in the text frame are.

You can solve this with a fixed value for the first baseline.

E.g. like that ( screenshot from my German InDesign on Windows 10 )

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[defaultcvur9lrgqhw8]

Ah yes, then I'll take that route. It's quite strange that the fixed option is the only one that actually makes a difference, Cap Height and X-height for instance result in the same as ascent, which is weird. Could this be a bug or is there something else interfering?

[rob day · Accepted solution]

Also, the Paragraph Style assigned to the first lines—Image caption - Footnote Header — has a Rule Above with no Weight and an Offset of 5mm, and I think that is pushing down the first line:

[Laubender]

FWIW: I unmarked my answer as the correct one and marked Rob's answer as the correct one.

Yes, it's the value in Offset from Rule Above of the applied paragraph style.

Thanks, Rob!

Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Emmanuel Akpan]

I recently faced this issue with this "TABLE OF CONTENTS" text block and here's a walkaround I found useful 

1. Go to Object > Text Frame Options (Or Ctrl + B)

2 Go to Baseline options and change the First Baseline>Offset to Cap Height (Mine was set to Ascent by default)

3. Came out perfectly 🙂

 

Hope this helps someone. 

[Abhishek Rao]

Hello @Emmanuel Akpan,

We appreciate the time and effort you put into finding and sharing this workaround for the "TABLE OF CONTENTS" text block issue. Your detailed steps and screenshots would be incredibly helpful. Your solution will definitely provide a useful approach for others facing similar challenges.

Thank you, 

Abhishek Rao