paragraph rules or shading?

[matthewdee]

I need to achieve this exact effect on certain paragraphs in an .indd document, I tried using rules below and above I get mixed results, then I tried paragraph shading and that seems to be a bit better. In straight pargraphs with one style its a bit easier but with paragraphs that have multiple character styles  this is a bit tricky. my common thought would be just to place a rectangle on a layer and place behind each text I need to have the effect under. The doc is for print but before I do and then go back later and see the procedure I used ias not correct i figured I would ask now.

Any help?

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[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

I would encourage you to set this up using one character style for the red text and two paragraph styles with a shading defined.

~Barb

[Scott Citron]

If the red names occur with much frequency throughout your document, you could also add a simple GREP style to the existing Paragraph style to automatically trigger the Red All Caps Character style.