: Poem indent every second and third line Is there a way, in InDesign, to indent every second and third line in a poem to look like this?!

@Bethany839

Yes, by using "next styles" – a feature of Paragraph Styles.

First the preparation: at the end of each line in your poem should be a hard return, meaning each line is it's own paragraph.

Then create three paragraph styles: one for each of the first three lines. Paragraph style #1 has no left indent, #2 has a small left indent, and #3 has a big indent.

Now link the styles together:


Edit paragraph style #1, and set its "Next style" to paragraph style #2.
In the same fashion, set the next style of style #2 to #3.
And finally set the next style of #3 to #1.


Each style now "points to" the style that should follow it.

To apply:


Select all the text
In your paragraph styles palette, right-click (or control-click) your paragraph style #1
And from the menu that appears, choose "Apply paragraph style #1, then Next Style"

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@Cooney243

Maybe you could try "nested styles" for indesign.

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