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Fit rectangle frames into curve of a circle

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August 3, 2022
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Hi all,

I'd like to place a couple rectangle frames into a circle. My hope is to have the frames take to the shape of the circle. Once in the circle, I'm hoping to add a drop shadow to the frames.

I've tried pathfinder, but that doesn't seem to give me the result I'm looking for. I'm also not sure if InDesign is the best tool for this. I know how to create a pattern fill in Illustrator, but that doesn't quite give me the result I'm looking for either.

I would appreciate any help on this, thanks so much!

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Correct answer Rishabh_Tiwari

Thank you! Is there a way to do this with rectangle frames, not lines? I'd like to add a drop shadows to my frames.

Hi @1975992 ,

Thanks for reaching out. In addition to the suggestions shared above, I found this similar discussion which you can refer to here https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/rectangle-in-a-circle/m-p/10975302#M178642

Let us know if this helps or if you need any further assistance.

Regards

Rishabh

Barb Binder

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Yes. Draw the frames, and the shadows, group them and then you can use Paste Into.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Thank you!

Scott Falkner

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Can you include an image showing what you want? It's hard to picture exactly what you are looking for. It sounds like you want to distort the frame (and, presumably, the content of the frame like a placed image) to fit a circle. This is not something InDesign can do. Illustrator's warp and envelope effects might do what you want.

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Sure. I've attached a sample of the concept I'm looking for.

In the attached I used a pencil tool, but I'd like to do something similar but with a rectangle or text frame. I'd only like to use 5 or 6 frames because I'd like to type a little blurb in each one.

Does that make sense? Let me know if not, thanks!

Diane Burns

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Still not totally clear on the effect you're trying to achieve, but perhaps you may be looking for the Edit menu > Paste Into command. Create your rectangles, select them and Paste Into a circle.

Here I just put some underlines under some text and pasted into a circle. Again, not sure exactly what you're going for.

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