How to create this automatically?

[ThanhTung2903]

I am working on a school project. I want some paragraph look like this (has a green line on the left). I wonder there is a smart way to do it automatically or i have to do it manually?

Thanks!

[Obi-wan Kenobi · Accepted solution]

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[Steve Werner]

In the English version, this is called Paragraph Shading, and by setting offsets and indents as shown by Obi-Wan, you can create a vertical line.

[ThanhTung2903]

aw, thanks!!
this help me very much!

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Totally automatic of course! LOL!

(^/)

[ThanhTung2903]

Sr but i have a problem.
i am using InDesign CC 2014 and there is i cant find something similar to your Arrière-plan de praraghraphe in english version :<

[Ian Blogs]

See post 2 --paragraph shading

[Steve Werner]

@ThanhTung2903,

You need to update to InDesign CC 2015 or 2017 to use the Paragraph Shading feature. It was added in CC 2015.

[ThanhTung2903]

my preference layout is in a book  published in 2014, i wonder how they do it back then

[Willi Adelberger]

It is much easier to Upgrade to CC 2017 than any workaround.

In that time, I did it  with an anchored frame with that color or with an 2 column table, the first row would be empty and colored.

[ThanhTung2903]

Aw, thank you! :-bd

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

A totally automatic way was doable since CS3! 

(^/)

[ThanhTung2903]

can you show me the way @@