[Help] Space comes UNDER the text with large leading

[Jjane45]

As stated... Truly confused and troubled.
I prefer using Leading to Space Before Paragraph
because it's much more flexible and easier to edit...
Any solutions or suggetions would be appreciated!!

 

[jimoblak]

This is how leading is supposed to behave.

You may be wanting to place a blank line before the paragraph titles (Tips, If you know...) and apply your leading tweaks on that line only.


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[Genimuse]

Even easier to edit are style sheets. Then you can freely use specific leading measurements (put that 10 point type on 13 -- it's fun!) and still use space before and space after at will. Your subheads are a little too tight on the top? Make a 10-second change to your style sheet and the problem is solved document-wide.

The leading you're using -- a percentage -- is, as jimoblak said, working perfectly. It's just that it's bad idea to use it.

Take the plunge into style sheets -- you'll be stunned at how much work they save you.

 

[Jjane45]

I used to play with leading using InDesign's nice shortcut Alt + up/down arrow for efficiency. To me "Space before" is more difficult to control - using keyboard, so does an extra enter.
In other programs, I think leading usually comes above the applied text. But yeah, I agree "space before" should be the proper way handling this question (it is!!)
Thank you all a loooooooot ^^