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Reshaping boxes
You can change the shape of a box in three ways:
You can change the shape entirely by choosing a different option from the ●
Item > Shape submenu.
You can use the Box Corner Radius field in the Home or Space/Align tab of ●
the Measurements palette. Enter the value manually or place the cursor in
the fields and use the up/down arrow keys to automatically
increase/decrease the value. Using the Shift/Alt key in conjunction with the
up/down arrow keys changes the amount the value is increased/decreased.
See the chart in “Palettes.”
You can reshape Bézier boxes by repositioning points, curve handles, and ●
line segments. For more information, see “Understanding Bézier shapes.”
Adding borders to boxes
Borders are decorative elements that can be placed around any type of box. To
access border controls for active boxes, display the Border tab of the
Measurements palette.
Use the controls in these tabs to specify a border style, width, color, and opacity.
If the border style contains gaps, you can also specify gap color and opacity.
When using the Border tab of the Measurements palette, you can choose to
apply the same border to all sides of the box, or different borders to each side.
Check Multiple Borders to apply different borders to all sides of the box. Select
the top, bottom, right, or left box frame icons to apply a border to one or more
sections of the box at a time.
Use Line Drawing Order to choose the drawing order for the borders
(Vertical/Horizontal on Top).
You can only apply different border styles to different sides of a rectangular 
text box. This feature is not available for picture boxes or text boxes of any
other shape.
You can also create your own border styles in the Dashes and Stripes dialog box
(Edit menu) and specify border settings in an Item Style. For more about Item
Styles, see “Item Styles XTensions software.”
Applying colors to boxes
To apply a background color to active boxes, do one of the following: