Indent to here in a paragraph style

[jay_f...@adobeforums.com]

In a paragraph style, in Bullets & Numbering, for the Text After setting, I want to have a space followed by an Indent-to-here character. Is that possible?

[Scott Falkner]

Styles cannot contain content, so the answer is no. But you can create a hanging indent by giving the paragraph a negative First Line Indent up to the positive value of the left margin. eg. Left margin .5", first line indent -.25".

[jay_f...@adobeforums.com]

Thanks for your reply, Scott. In the case I'm working on I need to use an Indent to here character, instead of the usual tab character with hanging indent.

[Scott Falkner]

Why? If you want the indent built into the formatting, then I've given you the answer. An I2H character is useless on its own without some text preceding it, so you'd need more than just that one character inserted to make the formatting work. Maybe Bullets will help.

Oh, and always provide version numbers. We can't give thorough help without knowing what version and features you have.

[jay_f...@adobeforums.com]

Scott,
I appreciate your help. The version is CS3. I'm using a bullet and an em space before the I2H character, and doing it manually. I'd prefer a paragraph style for obvious reason of efficiency. The "why" is that the bulleted list is next to an object with a text wrap, and text wraps wreck havoc with the spacing in bulleted lists that use a tab character after the bullet.

[Scott Falkner]

I see what you mean. have you tried making the text frame ignore text wrap, then modifying the indents to accommodate the graphic you want to wrap around? I ask because I have seen bullets on irregular text wraps. They look awful. Even if each bulleted paragraph looks fine, they don't line up with each other.

If the bulleted paragraphs need to avoid a graphic, they should still line up to each other within their column, so you can adjust the left margin, but retain the same negative first line indent.

Would you care to post a screen shot? Images can't be hosted on the forum, but you can post the image to any of the popular image hosting sites (Flickr, Photobucket.com, etc). and paste HTML into a reply.

[jay_f...@adobeforums.com]

Scott,
Yes, it's tricky, but you've given me an idea. If it works out, I'll let you know. I've not used the image hosting sites you mentioned, and not sure how to go about it.

[Ken_...@adobeforums.com]

Have you tried "convert bullets to text" where the text wrap interferes?

k

[jay_f...@adobeforums.com]

Ken,
It doesn't seem to make any difference using automatic bullets or text bullets when it comes to combining them with a text wrap.