In this week’s InDesignSecrets video, Erica Gamet shows how to create a custom line that travels along with text in InDesign. Whether you want a simple underline, a colored box for your headline to sit in, or even a banner with rounded ends, the secret is to use paragraph rules.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on May 19, 2020
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