text "leading" jumps between too little to too much

[r***@adobeforums.com]

I can't get either the "control palette" or the "character palette" to usefully control text "leading". For 14 pt text for example every value for leading between 0 pt and 12 pt scrunches lines together (with that same space for 0-12 pt), and then between 13 pt and 25 pt leading the space jumps to way too much (but the same for any value 13-25). Then there's another "quantum" jump for 26 and beyond. The problem persists for text "placed" with or without the stripping of formating on a MS Word target document during the "place" "open" procedure, and it persists if I create a text field on a page and type directly into it. What do you think?

[C***@adobeforums.com]

It sounds like you have align to grid checked for that text.

[unknown]

Is the text set to align to baseline grid?

Bob

[unknown]

ID is one app that I never took any classes in. I switched from
Pagemaker at version 1.5 and never looked back.

Most of what I've learned is from making my own stupid mistakes or
reading about them here. Trust me, the next time this happens to you,
you'll know where to look. I'm sure Cyndee will have a similar answer.

Bob

[r***@adobeforums.com]

Hi Bob,

My statement to Cyndee is equally appropriate for you, so I repeat it following.

You're right. I did. And the solution to that problem was implicit in a statement made on page 195 of Adobe's "Classroom in a Book". Which means the solution was really obscure. Curiously, how did you know? Where you trained in a course, have some really well constructed InDesign reference book, or is your knowledge mostly OJT?

If the answer is reference book, which one?

Thanks greatly.

Richard

[r***@adobeforums.com]

Hi Cyndee,

You're right. I did. And the solution to that problem was implicit in a statement made on page 195 of Adobe's "Classroom in a Book". Which means the solution was really obscure. Curiously, how did you know? Where you trained in a course, have some really well constructed InDesign reference book, or is your knowledge mostly OJT?

If the answer is reference book, which one?

Thanks greatly.

Richard

[C***@adobeforums.com]

Yes, my answer is very similar to Bob's. In fact, not only have I never
taken an InDesign course, I've never taken one in Pagemaker, Illustrator,
CorelDraw, Acrobat or Photoshop (though I did once to to a one day PS
seminar) either, and I've been running my (one man) DTP business very
successfully for 11 years. Virtually anything that wasn't obvious to me from
the help or manual (rarely use the manual, mostly online help) was clarifyed
in these forums or, in the case of InDesign, it's mailing list.

[r***@adobeforums.com]

Thanks Bob. You and Cyndee have inspired me to sytematically share my knowledge with the forum once I've accumulated it.

Richard

[r***@adobeforums.com]

Thanks Cyndee. You and Bob have inspired me to systematically share my knowledge with the forum once I've accumulated it.

Richard