Coloured ticks

[jodyw65132980]

Hi, I just want to be able to insert a tick where I can change the colour, I have tried inserting as a glyph or symbol but cant see an option to change the colour. Please help.

[Steve Werner · Accepted solution]

Here is some text and a glyph I chose from the Glyphs panel (Type > Glyphs):

Open the Swatches panel. Select your glyph with the Type tool:

Apply any color to the glyph with the Type tool and the Swatches panel.

[jodyw65132980]

Thanks. Some glyphs it works on and some it doesnt. Ie, with some ticks it will change all the colour and others it will only change coloour of the outline.

[Steve Werner]

Can you show us an example of a glyph where only the outline is chosen? Where are you getting your "ticks" for the ones that don't work?

[Steve Werner]

If possible upload a copy of the file showing the "tic" that doesn't work.

[Steve Werner]

What I showed you how to colorize is a character in a font. You can't do that with any graphic, like a JPEG file, which that image probably is.

Pick characters (glyphs) from "picture" fonts like Wingdings, Webdings, Zapf Dingbats. Those can be colorized.

[Steve Werner]

To change the color of an image like that, you would have to use an image editing program (e.g, Photoshop Express), then use File > Place to place the image into InDesign.

[BobLevine]

That looks like a check box for a PDF.

[Steve Werner]

I asked for a copy of the object, but I think it's just a picture of it so it's hard to tell.