Paths in InDesign won't fill as I wish

Hi @Steve Fermor , As @RvdT points out, you have 2 paths that need to be joined—you don’t need to create a Compound Path

The InDesign Join command:

FWIW, pretty much all vector drawing procedures are the same, across various apps (especially Adobe apps), so there may be some assumption that an InDesign user knows the details from, say, experinence in Illustrator.

That said, InDesign's vector graphics tools are like many of its "helper" features: based on those of more powerful Adobe tools, but a bit on the simple and sketchy side, without the full array of features and (for want of a better word) "assistance" those tools bring. As suggested, it might be better to do this work in Illustrator, which is far more powerful and intuitive in this area and probably has better help and tutorials, and then import the result into InDesign. That's ID's real purpose and strength: to integrate the specialized graphics and productions of other tools for more complex layout and publication. The many simple tool sets it has are more for quick convenience than primary creation... as you've found.

Looks like you have to join the anchor points. 

Select all the anchor points and press Ctrl+J

and/or remove duplicate anchor points.
you have to ungroup before joining. 

it's easier/better to draw/create such shapes in Adobe Illustrator.

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

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