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I have looked over the internet and I cant find how to fix this:
Help??
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There are 3 settings to be used!!!
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Text column small width ==> play with “Justification” settings!
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Could you please be more specific about what you are defining as the problem. Are you concerned about the large gaps between words? If this is the case you may want to look at Hyphenation and Justification.
Altering text directly
Select your text and look for the icon in the upper right corner of InDesign that is three horizontal lines.
Paragraph Styles
If you are using Paragraph Styles look for the corresponding tabs
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My teacher doesn't want anything hyphened.
I dont want the spacing l i k e t h i s
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Did you try adjusting the Word Spacing?
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Where can I find that?
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There are 3 settings to be used!!!
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... supposing the user doesn’t want hyphenation (not present in the screenshot)!
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... So I was right! ... but it’s a very small width!
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Thought I should check anyway
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Could you show the justification settings?
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I did
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Very funny!
Your second text sample has 50% chars more than your first one!
Everything is possible when we cheat!
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I mean is that alright?
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Word Spacing is potentially a very large topic. For some best practices you may like to review these articles…
https://creativepro.com/the-complete-guide-to-word-spacing/
https://helpx.adobe.com/au/indesign/using/text-composition.html
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you could use the third setting Too! ... You are in the right way!
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Which third setting?
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Glyph scaling!
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... good!
to finish: you can make appear what we could call “abberrations” in “Composition” prefs! (Tints of yellow underlinings)
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I checked that and nothing came up, thanks! Sorry for the trouble tho Im sort of a noob
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Don’t be sorry! ... Most answers you will have will be noob’s answers!
Personally, no problem: I’m not an “expert with a badge”! ... so I can say b... !
Good luck with ID!


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