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Anonymous
April 16, 2014
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FrameMaker 10 - Help - Is there any way to draw black arrows with a white outline?

  • April 16, 2014
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I have FrameMaker 10.  I want to improve the quality of the arrows in my documents. I want to have black arrows with a white outline, so that they are clearly visible on a variety of different backgrounds. I know this is possible in InDesign. Can something similar be done in FrameMaker?  Is there any add-on program that can facilitate this?

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Bob_Niland
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Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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April 17, 2014

If the arrow sizes and lengths can be constant, you can (at 1600% zoom) create a white masking polygon behind a standard black arrow, then group these two objects. We have an assortment of these on a Reference Page.

You can see the outline of the arrow when moving and rotating. They do not scale, however.

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FieryPantone
Legend
April 17, 2014

afaik, the FM graphics tools don't let you set different fill and stroke colours. I usually prepare graphics with callouts in Illustrator, with the callouts on a separate layer, and reference the complete graphic in FM – but even with Illustrator I haven't yet found a way to outline an arrow and the arrowhead with a second colour :-{

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Anonymous
April 17, 2014

Niels,

This can be done in Illustrator using the Appearance Panel. Draw your arrow and select it. In the Appearance Panel, choose "Add new stroke" from the dropdown. Make another arrow and format/scale it to be a white arrow sitting below your original arrow.

I have my black arrow at 1 pt, arrowhead scaled at 100%. The white arrow is 3 pt, arrowhead scaled at 50%.

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CEI_TechWriter
Inspiring
April 17, 2014

In Framemaker I create one white line at 3 points with an arrow head. I then copy and paste that line, change its point size to about 1 and color it black. I align both, zoom to 400% and adjust the black line/arrow to "align" visually. Grouping keeps them together. A little labor intensive but it works.

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