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Introduction
This is what we'll create in this episode: a title and introduction that span across three text columns, all within a single frame using span columns. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the Complete Adobe InDesign Series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Usually, titles are created in a separate frame so they can span the full page width. With span columns, the title remains within the text flow but spans across all columns.
Step 1: Title is trapped
Open the article file. The title, introduction, and content are all within a single three-column frame. The title is only as wide as the first column, so it breaks into several short lines.
Step 2: Span Columns
Click on the title, then open the Paragraph panel menu and select Span Columns. Change the paragraph layout to Span Columns with Span OL, then check Preview. The title immediately spans across the full frame width.
Step 3: Span Spacing
Adjust the space after span to 4mm to create space between the title and the text columns below. Click OK.
Step 4: Cross-column introduction
Do the same for the introduction paragraph, so that both the title and introduction span across columns, then the content text begins to flow in three columns below.
Step 5: In the paragraph style
Span columns are also available in paragraph style options, under the span columns category. If the title style is set to span, every article title automatically spans without needing to be set individually. On the other hand, split columns divides a single paragraph into several columns within a single column.
Step 6: Split Column
This is suitable for short lists that extend downward. We just need to know about the option in the same menu. Done.
Done!
We've used span columns for the title and introduction, adjusted the span spacing, saved it in the paragraph style, and learned about split columns. In the next module, we'll handle long documents, starting with an automatic table of contents. Need layout design for magazines, books, brochures, product catalogs, company profiles, or annual reports? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides layout and print design services, as well as InDesign courses from beginner to advanced. 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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