Using InDesign Manual 2025

WORKING WITH THE FILL AND STROKE PALETTE Note: To do all exercises, the Walsworth Enhancements from

Support Download must be installed on each workstation, and the Using InDesign Activities folder must be copied to your desktop from Support Download.

A stroke is a border and can have different widths. Fill is the color or mix of colors applied to the inside of an object. Practice using the Stroke and Swatches palettes to create strokes and fill.

1. Open the file named L2X5A.indd located in the Using InDesign > Lesson 2 folder on your desktop (x is your InDesign version). 2. Open both the Stroke and the Swatches palettes from the Window menu. 3. On this page there are five pairs of objects. Select the first object in the pair. Using the Fill and Stroke selectors from the Tool palette, along with the Stroke palette, make note of the Fill and/or Stroke color, as well as using the Stroke palette to determine what the weight and/or style of the Stroke is. Note that with type and text frames, you must highlight the type using the Type tool to modify the fill or stroke of the type. Otherwise, you will affect the text frame. 4. Select the second object in the pair and change the Fill and Stroke options to mimic the properties from the first object. 5. When applying the gradient to the circle shapes, you can use the Gradient palette or the Gradient tool to reverse the direction of the gradient. Notice that when you click on an object you can see the color applied to the fill or stroke of that object in the Swatches palette. 6. To change a line from solid to some other pattern, use the Type drop down box in the Stroke palette. 7. Click File > Save As > FillStroke.indd and save it to the Using InDesign > Lesson 2 folder on your desktop.

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