Set baseline grids for a text frame, Determine word and character counts – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Min
Select a minimum value for the baseline offset. For example, if Leading is selected and you specify a minimum
value of 1p, InDesign uses the leading value only when it’s greater than 1 pica.
If you want to snap the top of the text frame to a grid, choose either Leading or Fixed so that you can control the
location of the first baseline of text in text frames.
Set baseline grids for a text frame
In some cases, you might want to use a baseline grid for a frame rather than for the entire document. Use the Text
Frame Options dialog box to apply a baseline grid to a text frame. When you set up a baseline grid for a text frame,
note the following:
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The document baseline grid doesn’t appear behind or in front of text frames that use their own baseline grids.
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If Grids In Back is selected in Grids Preferences, then frame-based baseline grids take precedence over document-
based baseline grids. If Grids In Back is not selected, then document-based baseline grids take precedence over
frame-based baseline grids.
1 Choose View
> Grids & Guides
> Show Baseline Grid to display all baseline grids, including those in a text frame.
2 Select the text frame or place the insertion in a text frame, and then choose Object > Text Frame Options.
If you want the baseline grid to apply to all frames in a thread (even if one or more threaded frames do not include
text), place the insertion point in text, choose Edit > Select All, and then apply the baseline grid settings in the Text
Frame Options dialog box.
3 Click the Baseline Options tab.
4 Under Baseline Grid, select Use Custom Baseline Grid, and do any of the following:
Start
Type a value to offset the grid from the top of the page, the top margin of the page, the top of the frame, or the
top inset of the frame, depending on what you choose from the Relative To menu.
Relative To
Specify whether you want the baseline grid to begin relative to the top of the page, the top margin of the
page, the top of the text frame, or the top of the text frame inset.
Increment Every
Type a value for the spacing between grid lines. In most cases, type a value that equals your body text
leading, so that lines of text align perfectly to the grid.
Color
Select a color for the grid lines, or choose (Layer Color) to use the same color as the layer on which the text frame
appears.
If you can’t see the baseline grid in a text frame, choose View
> Grids & Guides > Show Baseline Grid to make sure
that baseline grids aren’t hidden. If the baseline grid still doesn’t appear, check the threshold for viewing baseline grids
in the Grids section of the Preferences dialog box. To see the grid, you might need to zoom in on the frame or reduce the
threshold level.
Determine word and character counts
1 Place the insertion point in a text frame to view counts for the entire thread of frames (the story), or select text to
view counts only for the selected text.
2 Choose Window
> Info to display the Info panel.
The Info panel displays the number of characters, words, lines, and paragraphs in a text frame. The position of the
insertion point within the text frame also appears.
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