Trying to line up a left column of numbers anchored to a right column of text blocks

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March 7, 2025
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Here's an example of the page spread I am trying to line up the numbered section on the left column after I have anchored the number to the right column text reference.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

It looks to me like you mean aligning the numbers on the horizontal axis as they read down the column.

Your text frames should all be the same width and you can set a text alignment as part of the paragraph style assigned to the numbers.

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DeltourmomAuthor

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Can I set up a fake decimal point for vertical alignment going down the column in paragraph styles? Currently, I have the numbers anchored to the scripture reference text. Now I am trying to figure out the best way to line those numbers going down.

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DeltourmomAuthor

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@Deltourmom The only way I can see to make this work for equal horizontal spacing (and that won't really be equal on the right as you change then number of digits) is to have two object styles, one for the left and one for the right. You will need to change the proxy reference for calculating the offset from the margin from the center to one of the ones on the right edge and set a positive value horizontal offset for the left page and the same value, but negative for the right. This should result in the right edges of the frames on both pages being the same distance from the margin.

The downside to this is that you have to set the object style according to which side of the spread. Perhaps @Robert at ID-Tasker or one of the other scripters can think of a way to automate that.

I will try that.

Thank you!