Optical Margin Alignment affects which of the following?

• A. Only the first line of a paragraph
• B. All the text in the story
• C. Only the selected text frame
• D. Only text within a single column

Answer: (B)

Optical Margin Alignment is a story-level setting, meaning it applies to every bit of text that flows through the story across all linked frames and columns. When you turn it on, InDesign subtly nudges certain characters, like punctuation, outward beyond the margin so the visible edge looks more even. Because the adjustment is applied to the entire story, the effect covers all the text in that story, not just a single paragraph, a chosen frame, or one column. That’s why the best match is all the text in the story.