Can anyone help me figure out how to control default stroke and fill colors for the pen tool in InDesign CC? I have to make lots of shapes with the same stoke and fill colors. Each time I make a shape it defaults to colors that I don't want and I have to change them. It would be helpful if I could set the pen tool to default to the colors I'm using.
With respect to any of InDesign's drawing tools, you may set Fill and Stroke colors before choosing the tool. There are several ways to approach it:
1. The Tool panel: Click the Fill well or the Stroke square in the Fill/Stroke proxy at the bottom of the Tools panel to bring the desired element to the front, then set the desired color of that element by:
2. The Swatches panel: Click the Fill well or the Stroke square in the Fill/Stroke proxy at the top of the Swatches panel to bring the desired element to the front, then set the desired color of that element by clicking a Swatch.
3. The Color panel: Click the Fill well or the Stroke square in the Fill/Stroke proxy at the top of the Color panel to bring the desired element to the front, then set the desired color of that element by setting the desired color values
After that, if you choose the Pen (or any drawing) tool, you'll be drawing with the Fill and Stroke colors you pre-set. In this way, InDesign's drawing tools "default" to the pre-existing Fill and Stroke colors in effect when the tool is chosen. There is, however, a "global" default Fill and Stroke of None and Black respectively, and to can revert to that at any time by tapping the D key with nothing selected.
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