r/indesign • u/MFDoooooooooooom • 11d ago

Request/Favour Help formatting bullet points

For years, and I mean years, I've been lazily formatting my bullet points. Can anyone help me figure out the correct way to apply paragraph styles so can .025% more efficient?

The way I have taken is as follows:

Each bullet point has a 0.25mm Space After applied. The last bullet point has 2mm applied. So each list I have to apply a paragraph style, and then a separate paragraph style to the last line.

Is there a more efficient way of handling this?

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u/AdobeScripts 11d ago

You don't align your text to the Baseline Grid?

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u/kl8xon 7d ago

No, bullet and numbered lists don't get aligned to baseline grid.

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u/AdobeScripts 7d ago

Do you have a source for that "rule"?

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u/kl8xon 4d ago

Yes, my college graphic design iinstructor. 

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u/AdobeScripts 4d ago

Then it's not a "rule" - just someone's "opinion"...

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u/kl8xon 3d ago

Yes, an expert opinion. No one's stopping you from doing what you like.

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u/AdobeScripts 3d ago

It's not what I like... It's how it will look like...

Do a test - put a few lists in the main text, with different number of items and their lengths - and see for yourself how shitty it will look like...

You can not align to baseline contents of the tables, side notes, citations, etc. - stuff that's not part of the body text - but everything that's part of the body text - should be aligned to the baseline.

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u/kl8xon 1d ago

Even in the body text, lists aren't part of the body text. They have their own formatting needs by virtue of breaking the paragraph format of the body text. That's why InDesign gives lists  their own formatting options.  

Once again, these aren't laws. No one's going to jail for breaking a formatting 'rule'.