Instant InDesign: Designing Templates for Fast and Efficient Page Layout

Applying Corner Effects

InDesign provides several corner effects that you can apply to frames to quickly enhance their shape. You can round off the corners of a simple square and even add some excitement to an ordinary polygon. To apply a corner effect, select an object that has corners and choose Object > Corner Options. From the Effect menu in the Corner Options dialog, choose the effect you want to apply. Type a value into the Size field to specify how far the effect extends from each corner point of the selected object (Figure 11.9). After you’ve applied a corner effect, you can go back and modify the settings again, because the effects are nondestructive.

Figure 11.9. Try applying corner effects to an assortment of different shapes, including ...