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September 22, 2023
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Story Optical Margin Alignment- doesn't work on hanging punctuation within bulleted paragraphs

  • September 22, 2023
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I have several bulleted paragraphs with indented text. The Story Optical Margin Alignment doesn't appear to work on anything other than the bullets themselves. I occasionally have quotation marks I also want to have hang outside the tabbed margins, but no amount of margin alignment change seems to affect the text that's 1 or more indents in....

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    rob day
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 24, 2023

    Hi @warm_finder5CB6 , You don’t need all of the tabs, it would be easier to set an indent and use the Paragraph Bullets and Numbering feature. I’ve attached a sample:

     

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 22, 2023

    [Modearator moved from Using the Community to InDesign.]

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 22, 2023

    is this an acrobat question?

    Participating Frequently
    September 22, 2023

    No, InDesign : 2023 18.5