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Justify with last line aligned left not working

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April 7, 2019
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I'm currently formatting a book and my paragraph justification isn't working. I'll set it to justify with last line aligned left but it full justifies it.

I've gone into justification settings and made sure that the single word is aligned left. I've changed documents. I've started from scratch, I've changed to document I'm placing, I've updated InDesign, I've restarted my computer. I have no idea what's wrong. How can I fix this?

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Correct answer Willi Adelberger

The problem is, you have only one single (1!!!!!!!) paragraph in your document. The author wanted to write paragraph breaks (created with the return key), but used line break instead (created with schift+return keys).

You have to replace those line breaks, where the paragraph should end with a simple return.

In most cases, let's say about 99% the shift+return should never be used. There are very rare occasions where this key combination might be adequate.

Another problem I see is, that you start your “paragraphs” with a tabulator key. This should not be done either. You have to set up a paragraph style with a first line intent.

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Ramona23833614ls34

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Hi,

Does anyone know if it's possible when I align my paragraph "Justify with last line aligned left" to not break the word at the end of the sentence?

jmlevy

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Untick Hyphenation checkbox in the control panel, or in the paragraph panel, or better in the paragraph style options.

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Ramona23833614ls34

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Super! Thank you very much 😉

peterr19208087

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Thanks everyone but this question wasn't mine.

Kind regards

Peter

peterr19208087

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Hi, It looks like the paragraph style should be "left Justify" rather than "justify". I had the same problem but this works.

Barb Binder

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Hi Theresa:

This is an easy fix with Find/Change. Find all line breaks followed by a Tab ^n^t, replace with a paragraph break ^p.

After Change All:

Then add the first line indent in the ¶ view of the Control panel:

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Willi AdelbergerCorrect answer

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The problem is, you have only one single (1!!!!!!!) paragraph in your document. The author wanted to write paragraph breaks (created with the return key), but used line break instead (created with schift+return keys).

You have to replace those line breaks, where the paragraph should end with a simple return.

In most cases, let's say about 99% the shift+return should never be used. There are very rare occasions where this key combination might be adequate.

Another problem I see is, that you start your “paragraphs” with a tabulator key. This should not be done either. You have to set up a paragraph style with a first line intent.

Scott Falkner

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https://forums.adobe.com/people/Willi+Adelberger wrote
The problem is, you have only one single (1!!!!!!!) paragraph in your document. The author wanted to write paragraph breaks (created with the return key), but used line break instead (created with schift+return keys).
You have to replace those line breaks, where the paragraph should end with a simple return.
In most cases, let's say about 99% the shift+return should never be used. There are very rare occasions where this key combination might be adequate.
Another problem I see is, that you start your “paragraphs” with a tabulator key. This should not be done either. You have to set up a paragraph style with a first line intent.

As I suspected.

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thereshaegoesAuthor

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UPDATE: there was an issue with the docx file I imported, I had to make it from scratch and made sure to paste without formatting

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thereshaegoesAuthor

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