Column Width Underscore for Annual Reports

[bcryer]

When doing financials for Annual Reports, it is required to have 2 underscores under the totals columns without the gutters having the underscores -- the 2 thin underscores does not provide the right affect.

Anyone familiar with how to have 1/2 (.5 pt) rules the width of the numbers and make them 2 points below baseline to the first one, then 2 points from that underline to the next and be able to do that across the column without underscoring the gutters?

Thanks

 

[MarcusStringer]

You could set them up as a Paragraph Rule or simply draw them then anker the rules in the text frame so they move with the rest of the text.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[bcryer]

Unfortunately when using paragraph rule and applying the double (thin, thin) my client says they are not the right distance from each other. They basically have to be 2 pts from the baseline of the number, the second one being 2 pts below the first rule. Supposedly there is a snippet for this but I've yet to find it.

 

[MarcusStringer]

have you tried my other suggestion

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[bcryer]

I have not tried ankoring yet, but I will. I just remember nightmares from ankoring when using Quark and hope that it is not the same in InDesign. Thanks.

 

[heckubas]

On the last line of the column when you need the double rule. say each rule has to be .25 pt use paragraph rule, use rule above and below. Since a paragraph rule in InDesign starts at the base line of the text use rule below and offset it a negative value this will lower the rule off the base line for example -1pt. for the second rule use rule below and in this case this rule will move off the base line with positive value. so if you want a 1 pt between the rules offset the rule below 2 pts. Hope this helps