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This is what we'll tidy up in this episode: consistent spacing between paragraphs and subheadings using space before and space after, without double line breaks. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the Complete Adobe InDesign Series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Pressing Enter twice is quick, but it creates uncontrolled spacing and empty lines that can appear at the top of a column. Designers use paragraph spacing settings. Open the article file.

Step 1: View empty paragraph

Press Alt-Control-I to show hidden characters. You'll see double paragraph marks; each paragraph is separated by one empty paragraph resulting from double line breaks. Delete all empty paragraphs. A quick way is to use the find/change feature with grep, which we'll learn later. For this short article, just delete with backspace. Now paragraphs are stuck together without spacing.

Step 3: Space After for content text

Select all the text content. In the paragraph panel, set space after to 3 mm. Each paragraph now has exactly the same spacing below it.

Step 4: Space Before for subheading

Click on the subheading and set space before to 6 mm and space after to 2 mm. The subheading is closer to the following paragraph than to the previous one, making it clearly part of the next section. The advantage of space before is that if the subheading falls exactly at the top of a column or frame, InDesign ignores the space before, so there's no empty gap above it.

Step 5: At the top of the frame | :

Empty paragraphs don't have this intelligence.

Step 6: Consistency

Turn off hidden characters and see the result. The spacing between paragraphs and before subheadings is now consistent throughout the article. Later, we'll save these settings in a paragraph style so they apply automatically.

Done!

Done. We've found the empty paragraphs using hidden characters, deleted them, and then set space after for the text content and space before for the subheadings. In the next episode, we'll create a drop cap. Need a layout design for a magazine, book, brochure, product catalog, company profile, or annual report? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides layout and print design services, as well as in-design courses from beginner to advanced levels. Want to master the entire series, 104 episodes from the interface to magazine and book projects? All episodes, complete with step-by-step PDF guides, exercise files, and project files, are available to premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy individual classes with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.

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0:03Introduction

0:36Step 1: View empty paragraph

1:04Step 3: Space After for content text

1:17Step 4: Space Before for subheading

1:43Step 5: At the top of the frame | :

1:50Step 6: Consistency

2:06Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:36Step 1: View empty paragraph

1:04Step 3: Space After for content text

1:17Step 4: Space Before for subheading

1:43Step 5: At the top of the frame | :

1:50Step 6: Consistency

2:06Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: View empty paragraph

Step 3: Space After for content text

Step 4: Space Before for subheading

Step 5: At the top of the frame | :

Step 6: Consistency

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: View empty paragraph

Step 3: Space After for content text

Step 4: Space Before for subheading

Step 5: At the top of the frame | :

Step 6: Consistency

Done!