InDesign: How to Span and Split Text Across Columns (Video Tutorial)

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2 жыл бұрын

In this InDesign how-to video, Bart Van de Wiele shows how to span a paragraph across columns in a multi-column text frame and also split a single column into multiple “mini” columns to better fill up space. Just by using the Span and Split Columns command, he is able to create a variety of text widths, all while keeping the text in one, easy to manage text frame.
This comes from Bart’s “10 Essential InDesign Productivity Tips” session at CreativePro Week 2021.
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Пікірлер: 31

@jenniferkeith1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. Saved my whole big project.

@ThiagoPereira-le5pp Жыл бұрын

Amazing! I love InDesign ❤

@mortezafarhoudi 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this concise and informative video. 🙏

@massimobaita7178 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You very much, Bart!

@DesignDomination 2 жыл бұрын

One of my fave features!

@easydaisydrawing5729 5 ай бұрын

Oh my God, the InDesign have these fantastic functions and I spent huge time to do these all functions in one book. 😅

@Rio-by1eh 3 ай бұрын

Guilty as charged …I’ve been doing monthly magazines and ignorant of the nifties hidden inside the InDesign

@user-zp5fl4my6r Жыл бұрын

this is so very useful. thanks a ton

@broadmeadcare Жыл бұрын

So good! Thanks!

@AllesKiten Жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@kwabenaagyekumhene1943 Жыл бұрын

really cool!

@SumeragiMinami Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Never know this feature exists.

@mitchelmompremier9251 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

@Rio-by1eh 3 ай бұрын

Amazing…

@vlogmedia793 Жыл бұрын

Thanks 💚😍

@alvarocarrilho Жыл бұрын

I though I got it!... but Bart Van de Wiele use de eyedropper tool (and the menu in contextual tools) ... and I just realized that I was being schooled. Cheers, from Lisbon- Portugal

@ZoranImsiragic 2 жыл бұрын

I use this a lot! I was waiting for span option since I switched from Xerox Ventura Publisher to QuarkXPress and later to InDesign. Small trick I use is when I have a multy column text which I'd like to be even on the end. I make one more empty paragraph on the end of story and give it Span All and I have an even text across columns.

@CreativePro 2 жыл бұрын

Clever!

@serenagrandolfo 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, very helpful. How do you add the line divider below the heading? Is it an object style? Thanks!

@CreativePro 3 ай бұрын

You can set a paragraph rules as part of your header style. -EG

@UncommonSense1776 Жыл бұрын

Who knew..... I could have used this on a number of locations.

@alfredog.g.7281 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@Graphicode99 8 ай бұрын

Split but here the problem 😂 is , odd rows become adjacent to even rows, how to make it the other way around?

@nancypalm Жыл бұрын

How do you break up the columns so you can adjust them individually? Thanks!

@CreativePro Жыл бұрын

To have the columns moved differently in headers than in the body, you would need separate text frames. The columns are a property of the frame (as opposed to text). -EG

@HowieD1975 10 ай бұрын

I no longer have the option shown at the top to add columns. I am using InDesign 18.5 It used to be shown at the top… how can I get that back to show at top?

@CreativePro 10 ай бұрын

Either a change was made with 18.5, or it’s a bug, or it can’t display it based on the width and resolution of your display. Click the gear to choose what does and doesn’t show up in the control panel. -EG

@wilddestroyer8927 Жыл бұрын

How do you only show full words, instead of it spliting the word with a line then showing the rest the line underneath.

@CreativePro Жыл бұрын

Are you talking about hyphenation? If so, toggle it on and off in the Paragraph panel (checkbox at the bottom). You can set more hyph settings by choosing it from the Paragraph panel menu. -EG

@wilddestroyer8927 Жыл бұрын

@CreativePro yah I figured it out but thanks for the reply

@Graphicode99 5 ай бұрын

How to split in manner (a). (B) (C). (D) Instead of (A) (c) (B). (D) Hope you understand my problem 😢😢