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How to make stroke

Explorer ,
Jan 09, 2022 Jan 09, 2022

Hi,

I want to stroke only certain edges in Indesign. Is it possible? All helps are appreciated. Thank you.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2022

Please specify:

  1. What do you mean with to stroke
  2. and certain edges?
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Explorer ,
Jan 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2022

Hi,

Thank you for your answer.

I am drawing a irregular shape with pen tool and I want to stroke only ticked edges of the shape. (attached file)

 

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Community Expert ,
Jan 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2022
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You can do it, not with a text frame, but with a single cell table. This will reside inside a text frame but this will not bother you.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2022

Stroke gets applied to all the sides of a geometric shape. There are wasy to make it look otherwise, but you'd have to post more detail as to exactly what you're trying to achieve.

 

If you mean strokes in a table, it is possible to stroke only certain cell/row/column boundaries. Again, if you would post more sepcific details, it would be easier to help.

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Explorer ,
Jan 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2022

Hi,

Thank you for your answer.

I am drawing a irregular shape with pen tool and I want to stroke only ticked edges of the shape. (attached file)

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Community Expert ,
Jan 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2022

It is possible to create fancy geometries with the scissor tool, but they are limited.

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If you want doing more complex appearances, they are most often combined objects:

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Community Expert ,
Jan 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2022

If it's a text paragraph, you can do it. I suggest using a paragraph style. 

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Community Expert ,
Jan 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2022

Since the question can be looked at in so many ways. You have gotten pretty good answers so far.

 

Here is another. Draw a line where you like it. Change weight choose the style or create your own. You can n modify under properties.

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