Creating a Trapiezoid shaped Frame

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October 11, 2023
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Hi,

Coming over from Il, i understand that a frame could be shaped by selecting the secondary select tool (here: direct selection tool) and the corners being added or translated across the workspace. I have almost accidentally done it once (my frame is now a trapezium) but can not recreate it to save my life.

There is also a secondary point to it. I'd like to divide said trapezium into two frames. Can i use a frame to frame frames? To avoid some mad geometry math, I'm happy to place one frame next to another, than use a desired shape frame to frame off the two source frames (please excuse the language lol).

Thankoo!!

How to

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Mike Witherell

Community Expert

In agreement with Peter, I would draw the complex frame in Illustrator because you said you are familiar. Then just copy and paste into InDesign. Such things are discussed to a complete degree in my downloadable training files for both InDesign pen tool practice and Illustrator pen tool practice.

Mike Witherell

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Well that wasn't what I meant, but it's a good solution.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Paths in Illustrator and Indesign work pretty much identically, as do the Pathfinder and Pen tools. Try what you would do in Illustrator.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Sorry, there is one big differnce which would apply here -- InDesign's pathfinder lacks the divide function. There is, however the scissor tool which allows you to cut a path at a selected point and you can then join the cut paths into two shapes using the pen tool.

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