Create Text Highlighting with a Custom Edge
A few days ago one of our customers, who publishes documents in 30-40 different languages, contacted me about a problem they were having with their product catalog.
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Very cool. I could see this coming in handy when looking to add an interesting design element to headlines or pull quotes.
Absolutely brilliant!
Anchored Objects to the rescue again! Love this solution!
You can say it, Laurie! Anchored Objects are a blessing :)
I totally agree with you and with Stefano! Welldone! :-)
Cool stuff – and that simple – grat idea
Awesome tip! Thanks! I just updated the company template with some auto sizing flow chart arrows with points and tails. And added an instruction not to do a “select all” to the text and start typing or the elements magically dissapear ;-)
If you insert the anchored object into the path of the textframe (create type on path), you can delete the entire content: https://vimeo.com/367240323
Thanks for the extra tip and file Roland.
I’ve tried this, but I can’t anchored an object on the path. How did you do it?
Very tricky… Nice and very use full.. Cheers
Hi, Patrick T: Creating the anchor and settings was new for me, but if you follow the instructions exactly, it will work. Even when anchored, the triangle won’t snap to the rectangle until the Anchored Object Options are adjusted, as per the instructions.
indeed, it worked fine for me too, but I was looking to the way Roland Dreger did it. He placed the anchored object on the path. But that way didn’t work for me, and I was asking how to he did it?
I’m curious about this too.
All I want to do now is find places to use this technique. Sadly nothing I’m working on right now needs it.
Magnifico! Mille grazie, Stefano!
Here you will find a more detailed video and an IDML file: https://vimeo.com/368965388
Oops, misfiled. Should be the answer to Patrick’s question above.
If you have a slant on both left and right sides of the NEW/NUOVO, you can do it easier by (1) applying an angle to the text frame and (2) apply the same but negative angle to the text.
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(If my English is hard to understand, maybe this screenshot helps: https://klute.d.pr/5vmxlp)
Nice tip, Rainer. Thanks!
Hi. I tried it using a paragraph rule below (so it went behind the text) using text width and a right indent and then the anchored object and it worked well also. The same concept but I could put it in a paragraph style and have other paras below and above.