How to recreate block quotes, etc.

Question

In my original document, I had block quotes set up so that they had colored backgrounds and padding on all four sides.

Similarly, I created some special divs with gray backgrounds that contained definitions.

After importing my document into InDesign, the colored backgrounds remain, but all the other styling is gone. All I have is ordinary paragraphs with colored backgrounds.

How do I recreate my block quotes and divs? Do I just create new paragraph styles with the appropriate padding and background colors? Or do I have to create some sort of box that contains the text and give the box padding and a background color?

James Gifford—NitroPress · Accepted Answer

A more direct answer might be that you need to set the inside spacing — that inset spacing — using Text Frame options. Select the text frame and hit Ctrl-B:

...and there's your "padding" for the frame.

It's best, as Peter notes, to make this part of an Object Style so you can apply it consistently to multiple frames.

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James Gifford—NitroPress · Answer

Echoing Peter's question: what did you create your "original document" with? Import from one tool to another of styles this elaborate is by no means a standardized or simple thing.

The basic method for pull quotes and small sidebars is to use an anchored text frame, and then use an Object Style to format those frames consistently. (As well as text styles for their content, which can be embedded in the Object style.)

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