Comments on: H&J Styles in InDesign http://indesignsecrets.com/hj-styles-in-indesign.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:11:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sam Potts http://indesignsecrets.com/hj-styles-in-indesign.php#comment-289192 Sam Potts Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:32:30 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/hj-styles-in-indesign.php#comment-289192 Crap, just read the last paragraph. Sorry for to reiteration. I guess my only comment is that the last paragraph of the tutorial is the far more secure, less worrisome and less prone to error method. The less 'based-on' stuff I have to keep track of in my head, the better. Crap, just read the last paragraph. Sorry for to reiteration. I guess my only comment is that the last paragraph of the tutorial is the far more secure, less worrisome and less prone to error method. The less ‘based-on’ stuff I have to keep track of in my head, the better.

]]> By: Sam Potts http://indesignsecrets.com/hj-styles-in-indesign.php#comment-289190 Sam Potts Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:29:56 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/hj-styles-in-indesign.php#comment-289190 This is indeed the closest way to get Quark's (far more useful) H&J styles. The ability to independently and quickly apply looser or tighter settings is extremely important in making books and other text-heavy pieces. But to me the logic of this tutorial is backwards. I do the reverse: set all my Paragraph style sheets according to my design using a basic (usually customized) set of H&Js. Then, for the style that need adjustment (usually text, extracts, sometimes things like bibliography text and so forth), I make multiple 'based on' Paragraph style sheets with a range of H&J settings. Thus ending up with text/text-loose/text-looser/text-tight/text-tighter and so forth. This way there are no errant settings in the primary style sheets, since the primary style sheets are the main ones you're using. (I noticed in the downloaded example that 1HJ-Standard uses Times where the actual design would call for Officina Sans. It's good to avoid the possibility of applying a style sheet that has the wrong settings for a given design.) Hope this helps -- Sam This is indeed the closest way to get Quark’s (far more useful) H&J styles. The ability to independently and quickly apply looser or tighter settings is extremely important in making books and other text-heavy pieces.

But to me the logic of this tutorial is backwards. I do the reverse: set all my Paragraph style sheets according to my design using a basic (usually customized) set of H&Js. Then, for the style that need adjustment (usually text, extracts, sometimes things like bibliography text and so forth), I make multiple ‘based on’ Paragraph style sheets with a range of H&J settings. Thus ending up with text/text-loose/text-looser/text-tight/text-tighter and so forth.

This way there are no errant settings in the primary style sheets, since the primary style sheets are the main ones you’re using. (I noticed in the downloaded example that 1HJ-Standard uses Times where the actual design would call for Officina Sans. It’s good to avoid the possibility of applying a style sheet that has the wrong settings for a given design.)

Hope this helps — Sam

]]> By: Judy http://indesignsecrets.com/hj-styles-in-indesign.php#comment-256195 Judy Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:44:24 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/hj-styles-in-indesign.php#comment-256195 Is there a way to set H&Js for just a chunk of text within a larger block of text? I thought I could do this in Character Styles, but see I cannot. What I am looking to do is highlight some copy and alter the justification. Is there a way to set H&Js for just a chunk of text within a larger block of text? I thought I could do this in Character Styles, but see I cannot. What I am looking to do is highlight some copy and alter the justification.

]]> By: Vinoth V http://indesignsecrets.com/hj-styles-in-indesign.php#comment-239449 Vinoth V Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:21:22 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/hj-styles-in-indesign.php#comment-239449 How to extract the Paragraph/Character style available in indesign template. How to extract the Paragraph/Character style available in indesign template.

]]> By: Bob Levine http://indesignsecrets.com/hj-styles-in-indesign.php#comment-217327 Bob Levine Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:37:45 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/hj-styles-in-indesign.php#comment-217327 Terrific idea. I think that "based on" is one of the most overlooked and under used features in the program. Terrific idea. I think that “based on” is one of the most overlooked and under used features in the program.

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