Tabs and Leader Dots IND 2.0

[denice]

•Leader dots- I have tab stops and Id like to use a dingbat as the leader dot.
Anyone know how I can do this. Ive already tried:
Cutting and pasting the dingbat I want into the leader dot square of the tab pallette. Ive already tried formatting the tab indicator with the appropriote font. Any ideas would be helpful.

Thanks

Denice
Mac OSX, Running Classic for Quark 4.1. System G4.

 

[MarcusStringer]

If it's just a dot you are after,
then place a full stop in the leader maybe also a space in front of it (just to seperate them a bit).
Then once that has been done, do a find for every TAB space and replace it it with a TAB space, but at a larger point size (ie the same point size as the dingbat).

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[denice]

Thank you for the suggestion but it doesnt work for production purposes.

This works in Quark. So it is supposed to work in Ind. With all the tabs that we have in our templates, its not possible to do a find and change all 50 times a day. I need to be the star dingbat. The term leader dot, is a general term refering to anything that leads up to the text in relation to a tab. My text is at the top of a circle, it must tab to a center tabular point and have a white star lead up to it. Then have the star lead away. confusing-yes, but since its possible in its competition I can only assume that Ind 2.0 can do it.

Thanks
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Denice
Mac OSX, Running Classic for Quark 4.1. System G4.

 

[tad1952]

Here's how I do it InDesign CS

Set up a line of copy, select the line & shift/command/T to bring up tab palette. Create the tab & copy & paste the star (I use a Dingbat glyph) into the leader box - it will show up as pink in your text block. Make this a Paragraph Style - i.e "body star leader"

Highlight a letter of the text & make it a Character Style - "body 1"

Highlight the tabbed area, assign the Dingbat font & size to it & make it a Character Style "star leader".

Double click on the Paragraph Style "body star leader" & go to Drop Caps & Nested Styles.

Create a New Nested Style - "body 1" "up to" "1" "Tab Characters"

Create a 2nd New Nested Style - "star leaders" "through" "1" "Tab Characters"

Now the line of type should appear with a star leader in the tabbed area and the Paragraph Style can be applied wherever it is required.

 

[denice]

Tad
Very lengthy yet detailed instruction. Very much appreciated but im looking for the solution to fix 2.0

Just an FYI- if you are in CS simply copy the letter you want to be the leader dot and paste it into the "leader dot section" of the tab pallet. Works great in CS
Im stuck in 2.0 due to my plug in.

Thanks again!
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Denice
Mac OSX, Running Classic for Quark 4.1. System G4.