diagonal text alignment

Nicole Muller

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- July 17, 2015 at 10:09 am #76659
  
  Nicole Muller
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  I cant’ figure out how to align text diagonally with each line starting at the same horizontal point. Any ideas?
- July 17, 2015 at 10:43 am #76660
  
  Colleen Shannon
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  Take your angled text frame, then with the Direct Selection Tool, pull down the bottom right point so it creates a polygon with a flat bottom. (use Y axis number or a guide to be precise.)
  
  You could also make this shape using Pathfinder or the Polygon tool.
  
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  - July 17, 2015 at 10:49 am #76661
    
    Nicole Muller
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    You got it! Thanks so much, Colleen.
- July 20, 2015 at 1:47 pm #76713
  
  Nicole Muller
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  As I place the finishing touches I can’t get the tabs to behave the same. Some end at different places (all have been set in the para. style-no outside formatting) but they all begin properly at the right margin. The only one that is as it is supposed to be is the very first line. Argh.
- July 20, 2015 at 1:54 pm #76714
  
  Nicole Muller
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  Here is what I’m working on.
  
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- July 20, 2015 at 2:33 pm #76715
  
  David Blatner
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  When you say “tabs” do you mean the lines between the paragraphs? You’re not using tabs for those, are you? I would suggest doing those with anchored lines or Rule Above, or something else.
- July 20, 2015 at 3:12 pm #76716
  
  Nicole Muller
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  No. I am using a hard return between paragraphs. Rule Above worked but 2/6 were either missing a line or have a rule below. Checked the underline feature of para. style to be sure they were off and they were.
- July 20, 2015 at 3:41 pm #76720
  
  David Blatner
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  I see that you have an empty paragraph between each text paragraph. I suggest just setting the Rule Above to the paragraphs that have text, and then using Space Before to adjust the space between the paragraphs.
  
  Making diagonal lines like this is not straightforward in InDesign. I used to use this method:
  https://creativepro.com/diagonal-headings-in-indesign-tables.php
  But I have a newer formula which I’ll write up as a blog post soon.
- July 21, 2015 at 9:29 am #76746
  
  Nicole Muller
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  I’m almost there! I decided to use a single text box because the various kinds of alignment are easier to make precise and consistent (there are about 30 variations of the thing). Only problem left is a small artifact (piece of a rule) before the whole thing begins. I am using a customized polygon shaped text box I made to accommodate the lack of availability in InD and I thought it could have something to do with the oddly shaped shape. I tried to delete the HR and it mucked up the whole thing. Then as a last ditch effort, I made portions larger and smaller, entire sides and then the entire block-no dice.
  
  Looking forward to seeing your newer formula!
  
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- July 22, 2015 at 12:22 pm #76792
  
  Nicole Muller
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  Just applied the wrong style sheet. Thanks for all of your posts!
- July 26, 2015 at 5:53 am #76886
  
  David Blatner
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  I wrote my method up here:
  https://creativepro.com/making-text-lines-sit-diagonal.php
  Hope that helps!
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