PagePlus X4: Dates

[Teditor]

How can I add st, nd, rd and th to dates and have them in small characters? If I insert a Word document which has these the line spacing goes wrong and only when I remove the small figures does it reset.

[Ali]

Originally Posted by Teditor How can I add st, nd, rd and th to dates and have them in small characters? If I insert a Word document which has these the line spacing goes wrong and only when I remove the small figures does it reset.

There's a setting somewhere that allows for text advances - you need to change this from the default. I think it is under paragraph settings.

In PP, you apply a style set using superscripting and baseline shift, I think.

[AlfredP]

Originally Posted by Teditor How can I add st, nd, rd and th to dates and have them in small characters? If I insert a Word document which has these the line spacing goes wrong and only when I remove the small figures does it reset.

Welcome to the Serif forums, Teditor.

Go to 'Format > Paragraph' (Ctrl+M) and clear the 'Allow for text advances' checkbox.

Alfred

[mjh]

Originally Posted by Teditor How can I add st, nd, rd and th to dates and have them in small characters? If I insert a Word document which has these the line spacing goes wrong and only when I remove the small figures does it reset.

Good morning.

I select the letters and set their character format to superscript, 2 pts smaller.

[AlfredP]

Originally Posted by Ali There's a setting somewhere that allows for text advances - you need to change this from the default. I think it is under paragraph settings.

Yup. That's where it is!

Alfred

[AlfredP]

Originally Posted by mjh I select the letters and set their character format to superscript, 2 pts smaller.

That doesn't fix the line spacing problem, does it?

Alfred

[Ali]

Originally Posted by AlfredP That doesn't fix the line spacing problem, does it? Alfred

No, but it answers the other question. You answered one, Marilyn answered the other, whilst I, having had my wake-up coffee, answered both.

[AlfredP]

Originally Posted by Ali No, but it answers the other question. You answered one, Marilyn answered the other, whilst I, having had my wake-up coffee, answered both.

Well, that explains it. I haven't yet had any caffeine today!

Alfred

[mjh]

Originally Posted by AlfredP That doesn't fix the line spacing problem, does it? Alfred

I don't see a line spacing problem in the sample I just did in PP X5.

Make a text frame, fill with placeholder text, in the text enter 1st, 2nd, 3rd and etc. Then apply the character formatting, superscript and reduce point size.

[Ali]

Originally Posted by mjh I don't see a line spacing problem in the sample I just did in PP X5. Make a text frame, fill with placeholder text, in the text enter 1st, 2nd, 3rd and etc. Then apply the character formatting, superscript and reduce point size.

Maybe you have the text advances setting set to off, or the effect in your case is so small, you can't see it.

[mjh]

Originally Posted by Ali Maybe you have the text advances setting set to off, or the effect in your case is so small, you can't see it.

12pt text with 10pt superscript.

[Ali]

Originally Posted by mjh 12pt text with 10pt superscript.

That doesn't really tell me anything! The point is that either the changes you have made to the text don't affect text advances very much (almost invisibly) or you have that setting switched off.

[ericlnz]

Don't overlook that Teditor inserted a Word document so the text advances setting may have come from there. I've had it happen.

Eric

[AlfredP]

Originally Posted by mjh Make a text frame, fill with placeholder text, in the text enter 1st, 2nd, 3rd and etc. Then apply the character formatting, superscript and reduce point size.

I don't actually see the ... er ... point of reducing the point size. Superscripted text is automagically reduced in size by a suitable amount, and manually reducing the size even further simply lowers the tops of the letters so that they look funny, IMO.

Alfred

[AlfredP]

Originally Posted by AlfredP I don't actually see the ... er ... point of reducing the point size. Superscripted text is automagically reduced in size by a suitable amount, and manually reducing the size even further simply lowers the tops of the letters so that they look funny, IMO.

Example attached.

Alfred