On 12/21/2012 08:23 AM, a.l.e wrote: > hi folks, >> >>> AFAIK, the settings for space above a new paragraph do not work for >>> the first paragraph in a text frame (which I think makes sense), so >>> you probably must set the Top distance in the Shape tab. > > while i see why there is no space before the first paragraphe in a > frame, i wonder if there is a real world and sane case where this would > be interesting to have... > > (and it would not make life harder in the normal case, where you don't > want to have an extra space at the beginning of the frame) > > any thoughts?
It seems it would complicate things whenever you wanted a space above a paragraph but didn't want it before the first -- how would you accomplish that? I guess you'd have to have a separate paragraph style just for that purpose. Greg