6. Fills, Strokes, and Effects

In This Chapter:

Applying Fills 154

Applying Stroke Effects 158

Creating Custom Stroke Styles 165

Adding Arrows 170

Corner Options 170

Opacity and Blend Mode Effects 172

Working with Effects 176

Shadow Effects 177

Glow Effects 178

Bevel and Emboss Effects 179

Satin Effect 179

Feather Effects 180

Setting the Global Light 181

Using the Pathfinder Commands 182

Using the Eyedropper 185

Setting Object Defaults 187

Here’s where you get a chance to express your creativity. Styling refers to applying fills, strokes, gradients, and effects to frames, lines, and text. If you’re bored with plain black text on a white background, InDesign lets you change the text and background colors to almost anything you can imagine. ...

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