Comments on: Adding Strokes to Just the Corners of a Frame

By: InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » InDesignSecrets Podcast 114

InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » InDesignSecrets Podcast 114 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:53:58 +0000

[...] Tools free beta or demo on the DTP Tools web site > David’s posts about Pattern Length for corners and brackets (thanks [...]

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:42:08 +0000

@gabe: InDesign can autofit the height of a table cell. Select one or more cells and set the Height (in the Table panel or the Control panel) to “At Least” (instead of Exactly). InDesign does not auto-change the width; only height.

@Mehul: There is no “find/change” for tables. Sorry. To remove the table strokes, you need first to select one or more cells and then choose which segments you want to change in the Stroke panel.

@Alienontherun: After you make the custom stroke as explained in the blog post, try applying it to the stroke of a regular frame first. Make sure you set the stroke thickness to something like 5 or 10 points, so you can see it well. You can use the Stroke panel to apply stroke thickness and Type. Once you get that to work, you can apply it to one or more table cells by selecting the cells first with the Type tool.

By: Alienontherun

Alienontherun — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:44:50 +0000

Hi,

I’m a novice to InDesign and I’ve been trying to ages to make this very table and despite the explanations and following through the procedures, I couldn’t reproduce this frame.

Can anyone please try to break down this explanation?

Thanks.

By: Mehul

Mehul — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:46:25 +0000

how to remove all table border in indesign cs3.

By: Mehul

Mehul — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:45:33 +0000

how to search all table in find option in the above Indesign cs3.

By: gabe

gabe — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:48:09 +0000

this is amazing…I’ve been banging my head against the wall over this…

I ‘ve been wanting to apply this to a table and sure enough, it works!!! the next problem, getting my table to autofit its cell contents…is this possible? seems like an obvious one but I can’t seem to get table in indesign

By: Robert Baker

Robert Baker — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:25:46 +0000

I just stumbled upon your website as I was trying to see if in CS4 we could create our own custom strokes; found your Easter Egg links and this particular tut is great. Thanks for the great resources.

By: töff

töff — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:16:36 +0000

Please post the round-cornered table secret! (Or must it go from conspirator to conspirator by underground email? If so, count me in: toff@arcticcoconut.com) No really, post it.

By: sneha

sneha — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:06:21 +0000

All credits must go to David. He is a genius.

By: Gary Spedding

Gary Spedding — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:45:31 +0000

Sander,

Thank you gspedding@alcbevtesting.com