Moving to InDesign

Chapter 8. Creating and Editing Shapes

Now that you know how InDesign works with frames and paths, and how to select them, we’d better show you how to create some. As you might expect, there are tools available to create simple, freeform and precise shapes. Later in this chapter, we’ll also explain how to reshape these objects once you’ve made them.

Simple Shapes

Simple shapes are the ones we create the most, so InDesign has specialized tools for making specific shapes.

Line Tool

Unlike QuarkXPress or PageMaker, there is only one tool dedicated to creating straight lines in InDesign. (You can also create creates lines with the Pencil or Pen tools, described ...