How to Work With Drop Shadows in InDesign
Learn how to easily create drop shadows in InDesign and set those shadows as part of an object style to apply to other objects and to update the effect globally.
In this InDesign how-to video, Khara Plicanic looks at how to set up and update drop shadows for objects in her document. In the Drop Shadow dialog box, she runs through the settings previewing what each looks like. After settling on the look, Khara creates an object style to easily apply the same drop shadow settings to other objects, as well as to make global updates to the look.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on August 20, 2024
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