Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 346)

338 USING INDESIGN CS4
Drawing
2 With the line or path selected, open the Stroke panel, and choose a style in the Start and End menus. The Start menu
applies a shape to the first endpoint of a path (as determined by the order in which the path’s points were drawn),
and the End menu applies a shape to the last endpoint.
Switch a path’s start and end shapes
1 Using the Direct Selection tool , select a path.
2 Choose Object > Paths > Reverse Path, or click the Reverse Path button in the Pathfinder panel.
Define custom stroke styles
You can create a custom stroke style using the Stroke panel. A custom stroke style can be dashed, dotted, or striped; in
the style, you can define the stroke’s pattern, cap, and corner attributes. You specify other stroke attributes, such as
weight, gap color, and start and end shapes, after the custom stroke style has been applied to an object.
Custom stroke styles
A. Dashed B. Dotted C. Striped
Custom stroke styles can be saved and loaded into other InDesign documents.
1 Choose Window > Stroke to display the Stroke panel.
2 In the panel menu, choose Stroke Styles.
3 Click New.
4 Enter a name for the stroke style.
5 For Type, select one of the following:
• Dash to define a style with dashes spaced at regular or varying intervals.
• Striped to define a style with one or more parallel lines.
• Dotted to define a style with dots spaced at regular or varying intervals.
The options in the dialog box change to match your selection.
6 For Pattern Length, specify the length of the repeating pattern (dashed or dotted styles only). The ruler updates to
match the length you specify.
7 To define the stroke pattern, do any of the following:
• Click the ruler to add a new dash, dot, or stripe.
• Drag a dash, dot, or stripe to move it.
• To adjust the width of a dash, move its ruler markers . You can also select the dash and then enter values for
Start (where the dash starts on the ruler) and Length.
• To adjust the position of a dot, move its ruler marker . You can also select the dot and then enter a value for
Center (where the center of the dot is positioned).
• To adjust the thickness of a stripe, move its ruler markers . You can also select the stripe and enter values for Start
and Width, both of which are expressed as a percentage of the stroke’s weight.
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Updated 18 June 2009