Start Para on next page and Space Before

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- April 13, 2016 at 7:04 am #83990
  
  Jim Swift
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  For a book of haiku/haibun, one per page, if I use Start on next page in the first line para style, I cannot use space before to place the haiku 1/3 of the way down a page.
  
  I can use text frame options to place the poem, but are there any other options?
  
  Jim
- April 13, 2016 at 8:30 am #83991
  
  Ari Singer
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  That’s because space before only takes effect when it’s under another line of text, not when it’s the first thing on the frame.
  
  But there’s a trick for that. Define a paragraph style, and in the style add a paragraph rule above. The color should be [None]. Make sure to turn on ‘Keep in Frame’.
  
  Now just increase the offset value to your liking. The more you increase the offset value, the more it’ll be pushed down (because Keep in Frame forces it to go down)
- April 13, 2016 at 8:31 am #83992
  
  Marie Doherty
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  Hi Jim
  
  Apply a paragraph rule above with a width large enough to start the haiku 1/3 down the page, apply colour none and select ‘Keep in Frame’
- April 13, 2016 at 9:06 am #83994
  
  Jim Swift
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  Many thanks, Ari, Marie, that was just the kind of workaround I was looking for.
  
  Jim
- April 29, 2016 at 5:01 pm #84446
  
  David Blatner
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  Here are a few other methods, too: https://creativepro.com/push-down-the-first-line-of-text.php
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