text gaps at the top of a column

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text gaps at the top of a column

I am experiencing a problem with a pages 1.0.2 document. It's a large poster, 52 by 44 inches, with 4 equal width columns of text. Each column is about 11 inches wide. The first line of text at the top of the third column always appears indented by about 4 inches; then there is about 2 inches of text, then a gap of about 3 inches, then the text continues to the right side of the column. The bit of text in the first 2 inch bit will auto-hyphenate if necessary.

This affects only the first line of this column; it doesn't matter what font size I use, the width of the two segments of text remains the same. Subsequent lines of this column and all the lines of other columns flow normally, as left-justified text.

Has anyone encountered a similar problem? Any fixes? Thank you for any help!

Henry

PowerBook G4 1.5GHz 15in Mac OS X (10.4.5)

PowerBook G4 1.5GHz 15in Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on Mar 6, 2006 1:29 PM

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Answer 1

MMINSO

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Mar 6, 2006 7:06 PM in response to Henry Olders

Some thoughts to try:

Go to View - > Show Rulers. What happens when you click in that line? Are the tab stops different in that line from the other lines in the column?

Go to view -> Show Invisibles and be sure you do not have any extraneous formatting characters or breaks.

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Answer 2

Henry Olders Author

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Mar 6, 2006 7:57 PM in response to MMINSO

Thank you for the suggestions, MMINSO. The tab & indent settings for this line are the same as all the other lines, and there are no invisibles other than spaces between words in this line.

I can email the file to anyone who would like to try their hand at solving this puzzle!

Henry

PowerBook G4 1.5GHz 15in Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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Answer 3

MMINSO

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Mar 6, 2006 8:17 PM in response to Henry Olders

Does the doc print the same way as it appears on the screen?

Do you have your zoom set to anything other than 100%? If so, try the 100% setting.

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Peggy

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Mar 6, 2006 9:48 PM in response to Henry Olders

I'd be glad to look at it for you. Click on my name in blue next to this post & you can find my public e-mail address in the biography section of my profile.

I had a similar situation with a Pages document over the last couple of days. One line in a series of centered single-line paragraphs was shifted to the right. There were no tabs & the settings were the same as the others. I finally moved the right margin over to visually center it. Today I was again working with this file & decided to change the fonts. Now, that line lines up correctly when the margin is set like the others. I have no idea what caused it & the only change I made was the font.

Peggy

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Answer 5

Henry Olders Author

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Mar 7, 2006 5:17 AM in response to MMINSO

Printing looks the same as on the screen (ie the problem is still there).

The zoom setting doesn't seem to affect it either.

Thanks for trying!

Henry

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Henry Olders Author

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Mar 7, 2006 5:20 AM in response to Peggy

I've sent you the file outside of the forum, Peggy.

Changing fonts (or font size) hasn't made any difference.

Henry

PowerBook G4 1.5GHz 15in Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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Answer 7

Peggy

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Mar 7, 2006 9:09 PM in response to Henry Olders

This one was easy, Henry. Both the text box (in Papyrus font) & the shield graphic had wrap on at the default of a 12 point gutter. I just turned the wrap off. It's on it's way back to you.

Peggy

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Answer 8

Henry Olders Author

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Mar 8, 2006 5:17 AM in response to Peggy

Thank you, Peggy. Very helpful, and a useful lesson!

Henry

PowerBook G4 1.5GHz 15in Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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