: In InDesign, how to leave a fixed space from start of previous paragraph? I want to apply a style to a title and have the next text start in the same vertical position everywhere i do this

@Welton168

I would personally set the shorter title with some «Forced line break», so they all have the same number of lines. Seams like an easy fix to me.

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@Tiffany317

The first thing you would do is set up a master page specifically for your chapter title page, and drag out a Primary Text Frame.

In the Text Frame Options, select the Baseline Options tab. Check Use Custom Baseline and set the Start option to the position at which you want your paragraph text to start. Leave Relative To set to "Top Inset" and make sure that Increment Every is set to the same value as your paragraph style leading.



Under Indents and Spacing in your Lead Paragraph style, set Align to Grid to "First Line Only" or "All Lines".



Make sure that the "Next Paragraph" style in your Title style is set to your Lead Paragraph style.



When you assign the Master Page to your chapter opener, you'll have a text frame into which you can type your title (using the title paragraph style). When you hit return the cursor will jump to the first baseline that you set in your Text Frame Options, regardless of how many lines there are in your title.

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