for text only, stroke type and other stroke options aren't showing up and are grayed out

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May 6, 2022
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I wanted to add a dash stroke around the text but indesign the options are all unavailable. But when I click off the text and have the text box object selected, stroke type and the other options show up. I deleted InDesign preferences following this https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/kb/indesign-preferences-support-file-locations.html and I deleted cache files from my Mac. I have InDesign 2022 17.0.1 with MacOS Version 11.6.5. Please help!

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Correct answer John Mensinger

That's working as designed. The Stroke > Type: menu is disabled when live text is selected. To put a dashed stroke on text in InDesign, you'll have to convert the text to outlines.

John Mensinger

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That's working as designed. The Stroke > Type: menu is disabled when live text is selected. To put a dashed stroke on text in InDesign, you'll have to convert the text to outlines.

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