"Before Paragraph" Spacing Broken?

Hello,
The "before paragraph" spacing setting works when there is a preceding paragraph, but not if the text is the first line of the document, or if it starts a new page. I would like to make a story title appear a ways down the page using this feature, and of course, the title will be on a new page. Thoughts?
Thanks!
Michael Morrison

Michael,
I can see why it seems inelegant to you. When I first started with Pages 1, on the first day it was released, I created my own template for novel writing. I put in all the styles, then saved them with names (indented paragraph, title, centered text, etc.), and created title pages for about 15 chapters. Then I saved it as a template. I'd suggest you do something similar. It took me a grand total of about 15 minutes to do it, and it was time well spent, because I never have to futz around with concerns like Space Before, text boxes, and carriage returns again.
-Dennis

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