Thank you!

Thank you so much for all the tips you give in your podcasts..! I Love’em!!

I was particurlarly impressed with the one on paragraph rules, and the box effect really caught my attention. In a situation somewhat similar to Rasmus’s, I was wondering if there is any way to achieve the box effect on 1 or more words in a paragraph, to have only a boxed word or boxed words… I’ve tried a fiew things like a table cell (doesn’t work), custom underline combined with strikethrough (no sucess…)

Any clue would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
Marbed

Let me start off by saying how much I appreciate your excellent podcasts. It really makes InDesign easier to understand and more fun to use!

I am making picture captions for this magazine I am working on and wanted the “Simple padded rule” as explained in the podcast, and found that you in fact CAN span this multiple lines, by hitting return after each line.

I also got the “Rounded Rule” working for multiple lines by simply having all the parameters in either Rule Above or Rule Below.

http://i39.tinypic.com/73jsy1.jpg

Can’t wait for the next podcast!

Unfortunately, there’s no way to create a vertical paragraph rule without using a table cell with a rule on one side, as you mention, or some other form of complicated workaround. You might try downloading Typefi’s AutoFit plug-in and take advantage of its relational features between objects. The problem there is that it would require that the text to be “ruled” apply in different frames.

This is a fantastic site! I am not new to Adobe, but rather inexperienced in inDesign, and these tips on rules are great… I will definetely watch the rest of your video-casts.

…but I was wondering if there is a way to create “side rules” in paragraph styles – I use vertical lines a lot for quoting and other stuff (like the ones that appear when forwarding en email).

Usually I would have to create a new text field or a table, but I really like the flow of just switching style! So I have been experimenting with the rules and have been able to create the illusion of a side rule by nudging the left and right indents of a heavy rule towards each other until it is only a few pt wide. However, this means that I will have to know the number of lines this will apply to (some flexibility can be achieved by setting both a top and bottom rule) or change the thickness of the rule every time. This is actually a better option for me than frames or tables, but I would still like to have full flexibility.

Am I missing some fundamental feature of inDesign, or is this not as easy as it maybe should be?

I was asked today how to make something and remembered back to this episode. I remembered enough to pull off the paragraph style and looked a little smart in the process! I shamelessly took all the credit! Thanks for the great work…and for making the rest of us look good!

Best regards,
Fred