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williamfarrell
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January 7, 2015
Question

Rounded corners on text frames in FrameMaker...

  • January 7, 2015
  • 4 replies
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First, thank you.

Does anybody know if there is a way to put "rounded corners" on text frames?

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    williamfarrell
    Participating Frequently
    January 9, 2015

    Thank you all for your replies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    williamfarrell
    Participating Frequently
    January 8, 2015

    Thank you all for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 8, 2015

    Other than with the graphic tools, FM doesn't cleanly support RRs, such as for tables, text frames, or frame generally. Some other WP/DTP apps do.

    In a prior career I had to use drawn or imported RRs in-frame during a fleeting period when the enterprise styleguide demanded it. It was replaced by rectangles shortly thereafter, but they also switched to pallid pastels and an illegible core font, just to sustain the pain.

    I predict that by the time FM gets comprehensive RR capability, the art directors of the world will have decided that the corners really need to be hyperbolic arcs, with drop shadows, central radial gradients and a subtly throbbing glow.

    Inspiring
    January 8, 2015

    LOL!

    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 7, 2015

    Which text frames?

    For main Flow A, you could draw RRs on the Master Pages and Send to Back.

    For other frames, do the same in the frame.

    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 7, 2015

    Don’t think there is any way to modify that – you’d have to modify the graphic inside the text frame or maybe do a frame within a frame?