: Indesign margin collapse setting? I have two paragraph styles defined in my InDesign document: Heading1 has the space after set at .75 inches and Heading2 has space before set at .5 inches.
I have two paragraph styles defined in my InDesign document: Heading1 has the space after set at .75 inches and Heading2 has space before set at .5 inches.
In only one spot in my document does the Heading2 come right after Heading1, and a 1.25 inch space is created between them. I only want a .75 inch space between these headings-- in other words I don't want the space after and space before added together--
I want them to collapse into the value of the larger "space" (.75 inches).
Is there a setting or trick to get those "spaces" to collapse, kind of like how margins collapse in CSS?
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I agree... I don't think you can set anything like "use larger space setting only" for any paragraph/character style. THat would, for the most part, defeat the purpose of the space options.
Guess I'm different. I use Space After 90% of the time and only set a space before for things like chapter headers on the rare occasion they are needed. In many cases I overwrite the space before/after manually if it's only a few instances. Otherwise, I use a secondary paragraph style without the space after/before.
I'm not aware of a way to get them to collapse automatically. I'd either set both of them as Space Before (I was taught the same as apex above), manually fix the few overlaps, or create a new Heading2Alt style with no space before to use in those few instances.
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