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August 2, 2023
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Paragraph rules

  • August 2, 2023
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Hi! Is there any way to add end caps on the stroke in paragraph rules?

 

Thanks very much

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Mike Witherell
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 2, 2023

My shortcut to rules with rounded ends is to use the dotted line but apply the same color to fill and gap. That way, it looks like a straight line, but the ends are rounded.

Mike Witherell
James Gifford—NitroPress
Legend
August 2, 2023

Slick!

Robert at ID-Tasker
Legend
August 2, 2023

You mean something like this:

 

NehalvAuthor
Participant
August 2, 2023

yes! how did you do this?

Robert at ID-Tasker
Legend
August 2, 2023

It's a workaround - you need to use both Rules - Above and Below - set one thin and the other thick - you can even use @Laubender solution to define different shape.

 

Then you need to set Left Indent - to have "the bullet" on the right end - but that's where it gets problematic - you need to know width of the text - as it won't change dynamically - so if the text line get wider - your "bullet" will be deformed.

 

 

You can even do something like this - to get rid of the line - using CharStyle and NestedStyles:

 

(I've used Yellow instead of White for better visibility)

 

Sample INDD doc attached.

 

Community Expert
August 2, 2023

Hi @Nehalv ,

if you want to use rounded end caps, you could first create your own stroke style and then apply it to the paragraph rule.

From my German InDesign:

 

 

Applied as paragraph rule:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )