Operation Manual

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Drawing and painting
Last updated 11/30/2015
• 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.
• To delete a dash, dot, or stripe, drag it out of the ruler window. (However, a custom stroke style must contain at
least one dash, dot, or stripe.)
A Clicking to add a dash to the pattern B Dragging a marker to make the dash wider C Dragging the dash to adjust the white space between
dashes
8 To preview the stroke at different line weights, specify a line weight using the Preview Weight option.
9 For dashed and dotted patterns, use the Corners option to determine how dashes or dots are positioned to keep a
pattern regular around a corner.
10 For dashed patterns, select a style for Cap to determine the shape of the dashes. This setting overrides the Cap setting
in the Stroke panel.
11 Do one of the following:
• Click Add to save the stroke style and define another one. Click Done to exit the dialog box.
• Click OK to save the stroke style and exit the dialog box.
Save custom stroke styles
You can save custom stroke styles for use in other InDesign documents.