Why column breaks instead of paragraph breaks?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
September 21, 2024
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Hi,

I'm relatively new to Indesign. I just noticed that most of my paragraph breaks were converted to column breaks when I imported a Word doc. Why and does it matter for epub or pdf exports?

Windows 11. Desktop PC. Mechanical keyboard (daskeyboard). I don't use the numerical pad to enter/break. Formatting marks are correct in Word.

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Correct answer Cinewaze

@Cinewaze

You've just sent cropped version of your original screenshot - can you click Ctrl+"+" on your numeric keypad - Zoom In - or select higher zoom level from the list on the bottom-left:

Attached. Mystery solved. You were right. It's a display issue. Thank you. Gives me peace of mind.

C

CinewazeAuthor

Inspiring

Hi Robert. Here's a zoomed in shot. I might have received inaccurate information about the pilcrows. I'm used to seeing the paragraph marks with the double-line pilcrow (backwards P). But in my document, as you can see, there are two types of paragraph marks. Someone told me the single line pilcrow was a column break.

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

I think it's just a display problem?

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/indesign/using/editing-text.html

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

Searched for paragraph breaks and it found both marks. The PDF export looks fine. The breaks are normal in the epub HTML. So I guess I won't worry about it but it would still be nice to know why the marks were different.

@Cinewaze

Your zoom level is 100% - can you do 200% or more?

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

Can you post a new screenshot - or mark problematic place(s)?

Also, when you import DOC(X) - strange things can happen - try saving as RTF in WORD first - then import RTF instead.

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