Save custom stroke styles – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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8. To preview the stroke at different line weights, specify a line weight using the Preview Weight option.
9. For dashed and dotted patterns, use the Corners option to determine how dashes or dots are positioned to keep a pattern regular around a
corner.
10. For dashed patterns, select a style for Cap to determine the shape of the dashes. This setting overrides the Cap setting in the Stroke panel.
11. Do one of the following:
Click Add to save the stroke style and define another one. Click Done to exit the dialog box.
Click OK to save the stroke style and exit the dialog box.
Save custom stroke styles
You can save custom stroke styles for use in other InDesign documents.
Save a custom stroke style
1. In the Stroke panel menu, choose Stroke Styles.
2. Select a custom stroke style and click Save.
You cannot save or edit the default stroke styles (enclosed in square brackets).
3. Specify a name and location for the stroke style (.inst) file, and click OK.
To load a custom stroke style
1. In the Stroke panel menu, choose Stroke Styles.
2. Click Load.
3. Select the stroke style (.inst) file that contains the custom stroke style you want to import, and click OK.
To apply a custom stroke style
With a path or frame selected, choose a custom stroke style from the Type menu in the Stroke panel.
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