Turn an image into a path or frame?

Question

Hello! I have been scouring the internet and cannot figure this out. I was given a template in indesign. The template has some "icons" or "symbols" to go correspond with the statistic. These icons seem to be treated as text? (ie i can change the color and theyre transparent, the whole bit) I want to use my own symbol to add on to it but cannot for the life of me figure out how they did that. I dont think they created the imagery themselves. I tried a bunch of different file formats but cant find one that works. Is it a frame? a path? the icons display as a text frame in the layers panel.  Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Laubender · Accepted Answer

forgot the layers panel screenshot

Hi Rachel,

what you are seeing are vector elements anchored to a text frame. It's a compound path object ( no group ) with several sub path elements. You could convert such an object to its individual shapes or you could add shapes to it by grouping the compound path with other elements you are drawing with InDesign's vector tools.

To group elements you have to unanchor them first.

The easiest method is: Select, Cut, Paste in Place.

Regards,
Uwe

Laubender · Answer

Hi rachellr52598823 ,best show some screenshots where invisible characters and frame edges are showing.Also a look into your Layers panel with the object selected on the page.Hm. If this is really a text frame show the contents of the frame in the Story Editor windows as well.Regards,Uwe

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