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May 12, 2022
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How do I make a wavy line?

  • May 12, 2022
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How do I make a wavy line?

2 replies

Peter Spier
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 12, 2022

InDesign does not have a wavy line style like Illustrator so you either have to draw it with the Pen or Pencil tool or draw it in Illustrator and Place as a graphic or copy and paste to get an editable line in InDesign.

Peter Spier
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 12, 2022

OK, My bad. I don't know why I said that.

James Gifford—NitroPress
Legend
May 12, 2022

No, you're mostly right in that ID doesn't have a 'configurable' wavy line, just the one fixed-mode one. I haven't found it very useful, not up against what some other apps have. Then again, there's not much use for wavy lines. 🙂

 

James Gifford—NitroPress
Legend
May 12, 2022

With the line tool selected and the Stroke palette open, select the wavy line type from the drop-down list.

 

I believe the same strokes types are available everywhere else a line is defined (frames, borders, tables, etc.) You can scale the thickness of the line and the "waviness" proportionally, but there is not much other control of the wave size and spacing. You can define custom line types, but only using straight lines (although they can be dotted or dashed).

 

Participant
May 12, 2022

So I'm pretty new to this, where is the stroke palette?

Peter Spier
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 12, 2022

Window > Stroke