How to highlight a piece of text within a paragraph with rounded corners.

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I can’t figure out if it’s possible to recreate this text style. Specifically the rounded corners. I tried the Underline hack. It will highlight the text but only with a square shape. I can also create a pill shape. I would like to use a square with rounded corners.

Any ideas?

Mike Witherell

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Relative to the abilities built into InDesign, this effect can be done as a Paragraph Style; but your example needs it to be done as a Character Style, and I know of no way to do this unless you are patient enough to make small text frames pasted inline with larger text frames.

On further reflection, I can manage to make a Character Style that applies a underline and a Strikethrough offset in such a way to use a dotted line plus same color gap that makes the appearance of a rounded rectangle--but only on the top or the bottom; not both. The strikethrough has to be overprinted, however, since it sits in front of text.

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Mike Witherell

FRIdNGE

The right question for me would be: do you want to do it one by one or basing e.g. on a Grep Find/Replace?

(^/) The Jedi

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JennyArcbUXAuthor

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It would be more like a style that is used on different words. I don’t think Grep find/replace would work. I’m look for a way to style the highlight in the way the image I share is. I just can’t figure out how to do with with out a VERY manual flow.

I can use the underline hack but that makes the shape a pill shape.

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FRIdNGE

I'm mowing the lawn in my garden! I'll be back later! ;-)

(^/)

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Eugene Tyson

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See if this thread helps you out

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JennyArcbUXAuthor

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Thank you. I found that one and it would work… kinda… but it’s a pill with full rounded sides. I’m looking for how to use a square with rounded corners.

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