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In InDesign, does this custom stroke style possible?

Guide ,
Sep 14, 2017 Sep 14, 2017

I need a line that wants its endpoint to be rounded

But not a circle or a rectangle

Just like this:

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Explorer , Sep 23, 2017 Sep 23, 2017

This seemed like something I might want to do for myself some day...

It can be done in a paragraph style by using a combination of 2 paragraph rules (for the rounded corners) and paragraph shading (to fill the gap), as follows:

Screen Shot 2017-09-23 at 10.21.00 AM.png

Screen Shot 2017-09-23 at 10.21.54 AM.png

Screen Shot 2017-09-23 at 10.22.30 AM.png

It took some tinkering around to get the exact offsets and indents needed so everything matches up, but it wasn't as difficult as I feared.

Screen Shot 2017-09-23 at 10.24.56 AM.png

If it needed to work for headers on multiple lines, that would be problematic unless the width were changed to Column for everything, i

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LEGEND ,
Sep 14, 2017 Sep 14, 2017

Hi,

For what use?

(^/)

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Guide ,
Sep 22, 2017 Sep 22, 2017

I use it as a paragraph line

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Community Expert ,
Sep 14, 2017 Sep 14, 2017

You do it like this: Round the corners of a frame |

A line is nothing more as a rectangle...

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Guide ,
Sep 22, 2017 Sep 22, 2017

What I need is lines, rounded lines

Not a rounded frame

I use it as a paragraph line

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Community Expert ,
Sep 23, 2017 Sep 23, 2017

You need to live with what you can get for the moment. Best I can imagine is using my style of frame as an in-line grahics or use those rounded end points as of BarbBinder​'s suggestion.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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Community Expert ,
Sep 14, 2017 Sep 14, 2017

Yes.

  1. Draw a line in InDesign
    InDesign CCss_013.png

  2. Window > Stroke, Change the Cap to Round.
    InDesign CCss_014.png
  3. You can also set up a Stroke Style to make this easier in the future.
    InDesign CCss_015.png

For more information, see https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-stroke-primer/

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Guide ,
Sep 22, 2017 Sep 22, 2017

Thank you very much~

NO,I do not want that.

First of all, it must be lines, such as four corners are rounded the same lines, not the port for the semi-circular lines.

I use it with paragraph lines

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Guide ,
Sep 15, 2017 Sep 15, 2017

Hi.

As for now, it is not possible to create such a custom stroke style.

Now, there are a couple of possible workarounds (Abambo's suggestion is one of them), but they would depend on what you want to do with your stroke...

So, I'll just quote Obiwan:

For what use?

(^/)

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Explorer ,
Sep 23, 2017 Sep 23, 2017

This seemed like something I might want to do for myself some day...

It can be done in a paragraph style by using a combination of 2 paragraph rules (for the rounded corners) and paragraph shading (to fill the gap), as follows:

Screen Shot 2017-09-23 at 10.21.00 AM.png

Screen Shot 2017-09-23 at 10.21.54 AM.png

Screen Shot 2017-09-23 at 10.22.30 AM.png

It took some tinkering around to get the exact offsets and indents needed so everything matches up, but it wasn't as difficult as I feared.

Screen Shot 2017-09-23 at 10.24.56 AM.png

If it needed to work for headers on multiple lines, that would be problematic unless the width were changed to Column for everything, in which case this would work perfectly for text of any number of lines—the rounded box just expands downward. If the OP intended to use this as a rule only, the offset values can be adjusted so that the rounded rectangle is below the text, although different styles will be needed for paragraphs of different line counts.

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LEGEND ,
Sep 24, 2017 Sep 24, 2017

… To do this, you'll need … more! … But could we say 1 click is more!  

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Guide ,
Oct 01, 2017 Oct 01, 2017

Excuse me

How did you do it?

Can CS6 and below be implemented?

Thank you~

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Adobe Employee ,
Nov 16, 2017 Nov 16, 2017

Hi 喜狼_edny,

I would like to know if the steps suggested above worked for you, or the issue still persists.

Kindly update the discussion if you need further assistance with it.

Thanks,

Srishti

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New Here ,
Feb 07, 2019 Feb 07, 2019
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Just like it! How did you achive this?

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Guide ,
Oct 01, 2017 Oct 01, 2017

Thank you very much

Just like what you do

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