Snap to document margins not working when using a different document preset

[SanderSchaeffer]

Hey guys,

I'm having a very strange issue. When I create a new document and don't change the default settings, such as columns and margins, I can create text frames that snap to the document grid (that pink rectangle which should be your 'body' area, when when creating text frames at the speed of Sonic the Hedgehog. However, if I change just a minor thing, such as the column width from 4.233mm to 8mm the snap to grid function isn't working anymore. Even when I create a text box at the speed of my grandpa and try it really precise, I still get attributes such as X=30.035mm and height=150,788mm, instead of snapping with 30mm and 150mm.

Does anyone can verify this problem and perhaps knows a solution for this? Have to create many text frames and this would slow up the process very much..

I'm on InDesign 12.0.0.81 Build and Cloud isn't showing any updates.

[Barb Binder]

I'll try to recreate the issue. Would you mind clarifying your workflow? Are you changing the margins/columns in the New Document dialog box? Or on the master pages, or body pages?

[SanderSchaeffer · Accepted solution]

Strange, I could recreate this problem 10 times in a row. All I did was create a new document and changed the settings in the dialog box. No adjustment of the document once the document was created.

However, I got sick of it and started with a default setup and used Menu -> Margins and Columns > Changed settings to my preference. By this I could continue setting up the document for my thesis.

But again, strange, because when I try to recreate this issue and make a screen capture of the proces it works just fine.. I can't think of anything of anything specific that has changed to have the issue be gone right now..

Hopefully you can recreate the issue, but I'm afraid you can't.

[Barb Binder]

Ha! It's good that it's gone, right? You are back working at the speed of Sonic the Hedgehog?

[SanderSchaeffer]

Yes, I finished setting up my document and importing 11 thousand words, including styling

Now back to my other project.

Thanks anyway!