Natheren Posted November 28, 2021 Posted November 28, 2021 I'm having issues trying to figure a way to pull off something I've made using MacOS Pages where I was able to give selected areas of text a border around them but I'm not wanting to put a boarder around the whole Text Frame it's self in Publisher. Rather I'm trying to make multiple sections within the Text Frame have their own borders that can adjust as text is added within them. The reason for this is I'm trying to replicate a messenger like system with frames as well as include images to the side of these borders. Tables do not tend to work well with this idea due to them messing up one cell where i could be putting the image but image size might not match the text length and thus looks messy. I ran into issues with Pages when I wanted to add color background to the border section with it not covering the whole area which is why I'm trying to see if Publisher can do this. Here's an example I made in Photoshop to show what I'm trying to do. Quote
thomaso Posted November 28, 2021 Posted November 28, 2021 The Text Frame panel (Fill, Stroke, Inset) respectively the Paragraph panel (Decoration) might be places to look at. Honestly I am not sure what you want to achieve (possibly you use the term "border" with differing meanings?) A screenshot of your desired layout done in the Pages.app might be helpful, ideally with hints what parts exactly you have problems to recreate in APub. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
Natheren Posted November 28, 2021 Author Posted November 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, thomaso said: The Text Frame panel (Fill, Stroke, Inset) respectively the Paragraph panel (Decoration) might be places to look at. Honestly I am not sure what you want to achieve (possibly you use the term "border" with differing meanings?) A screenshot of your desired layout done in the Pages.app might be helpful, ideally with hints what parts exactly you have problems to recreate in APub. Apologies wasn't sure what else to call it other then what Pages called it but I uploaded a mock-up that I made in Photoshop to give a better idea. Quote
thomaso Posted November 28, 2021 Posted November 28, 2021 The text in your sample has a stroke assigned. In APub's interface are a few spots to define a stroke for text (Color/Swatch/Tools panel + Stroke panel or Text Style Editor window). The rectangles have 2-3 strokes assigned. APub can assign a single stroke only. So this can't be set with strokes only in APub but is possible in ADesigner (Appearance panel) were you my assign several strokes of different width and colour. If you don't have AD you could work in APub with several rectangles placed on each other, the one with the most inner stroke on top, while you use fill + stroke to achieve two colors for a rectangle. Also you can apply fill and stroke + insets to text frames via the Text Frame panel. Natheren 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
Natheren Posted November 29, 2021 Author Posted November 29, 2021 22 hours ago, thomaso said: The text in your sample has a stroke assigned. In APub's interface are a few spots to define a stroke for text (Color/Swatch/Tools panel + Stroke panel or Text Style Editor window). The rectangles have 2-3 strokes assigned. APub can assign a single stroke only. So this can't be set with strokes only in APub but is possible in ADesigner (Appearance panel) were you my assign several strokes of different width and colour. If you don't have AD you could work in APub with several rectangles placed on each other, the one with the most inner stroke on top, while you use fill + stroke to achieve two colors for a rectangle. Also you can apply fill and stroke + insets to text frames via the Text Frame panel. Ah ok didn't really occur to me at the time to try it that way, really appreciate the help and info. Quote
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