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How to perfectly align paragraphs in two table columns
Hi all. My table has 2 columns. I created a style for the left column and another style for the right column. Both have the same settings except the bulleting. My problem is the paragraph lines are not aligned horizontally. The paragraph line in the left column is lower than the line in the right column. I corrected the misalignment by adding pts before the line in the right column but I am working with about a hundred tables.
Is there a faster way to do it? |
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Marcia
If you want to align 'rows' then you SHOULD be using table rows to ensure there is a structural relationship from the left column to the right column. Those extra table rows don't have to have visible borders so the look would still be the same but structurally the table elements would stay aligned without micromanaging when a paragraph wraps a line or line heights vary. In terms of why they don't align naturally despite paragraphs appearing to use the same paragraph spacing metrics, the reason is the bullets typeface differs on both sides. Bullets on one side use the Symbol font whilst the other side uses a Wingdings character. Those two fonts have metrics that differ slightly so a line in each is fractionally different in height. You won't notice this normally but you will when you see a tall stack of them side by side. If your bullets were the same (or maybe just same typeface) on both sides, you wouldn't have had that issue.
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Andrew Lockton Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia |
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Thank you Andrew. I will try to change the Wingdings to dash (-), perhaps the difference would not be so obvious. A friend told me that if I wanted perfectly aligned lines, I should use the Pica Underwood typewriter
Edit: From your explanation on typefaces, I just found out that I could change the default font of the bullets, so I changed the 12 to 13.5 and the alignments are now nearly straight. |
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Hi Marcia, your friend is a troglodyte who learned to type when I did.
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