skew text box, keep text upright

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June 28, 2018
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I'm working with a template developed by a colleague (who is not contactable). She used text in a text box that looks like this:

I need to emulate this, but I have no idea how she achieved it. She used the slanted side of a text box to achieve sequential indentation. It's not skewed, which gives a false Italic to the text. It's not a rotated text box. How do I do this?

Thanks!

-j

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Correct answer winterm

Select unselected text frame with Direct Selection tool (white arrow). Edit its shape by dragging the corners.

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william.bohn

Participant

A more elegant (If silly) solution:

Skew Text Box
Select text
False Itallic in the opposite direction.
Profit

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NedlawAuthor

Legend

There is always room for finesse. 🙂

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NedlawAuthor

Legend

DOH. <forehead slap>

Thanks!

wintermCorrect answer

Legend

Select unselected text frame with Direct Selection tool (white arrow). Edit its shape by dragging the corners.

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NedlawAuthor

Legend

This is absolutely the correct answer -- but I have a follow-up question: Is there a way to do this with specific settings rather than just by eyeballing the angle? I have three text fields, all lined up. I made the adjustment by eyeballing the angles, and I THINK I got it pretty close -- but is there a setting where I can make the angle, say, 30 degrees in each case? I didn't see anything changing as I made the adjustments.

Thanks.

-j