How do you create a line in design?

How do you create a line in design?

Creating lines is easy; just go to the tool palette and select the line tool; it’s under the text tool. Click on the tool then click and drag in your document to make a line. You can use guides to line it up neatly under a column of text. To change the width of the line right-click on the line and go to Stroke Weight.

How do you draw a line in in design?

Drawing Lines

1. Click the Pen tool in the Tools panel . Click the Pen tool in the Tools panel to create lines.
2. Position the cursor where the path should start.
3. Click.
4. Position the cursor for the next point and click.
5. Continue clicking until you have created all the straight-line sides of the object .

How do you insert a rule in InDesign?

Add a rule above or below a paragraph

1. Select text.
2. Choose Paragraph Rules from the Paragraph panel menu or Control panel menu.
3. At the top of the Paragraph Rule dialog box, select Rule Above or Rule Below.
4. Select Rule On.
5. Select Preview to see what the rule will look like.

How to add lines to a form in InDesign?

In this week’s InDesignSecrets video, David Blatner demonstrates one of the easy ways to add lines when creating a form within InDesign. He even shows how to create a style for automation of the somewhat tedious task. If playback doesn’t begin shortly, try restarting your device.

Do you need a table in InDesign for simple forms?

Like in Scott’s answer, for simple forms, tables are not necessary needed. I most often see use of the line tool in InDesign for form field lines. Adding lines in-line with text works fine. This method allows you to quickly convert your PDF output file to a fill-in form since Adobe Live Cycle can read these lined areas as fields.

How do you draw from the center in InDesign?

To draw from the center out, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS). To constrain a line to 45° angles, or to constrain the width and height of a path or frame to the same proportions, hold down Shift as you drag.

How do you draw multiple shapes in InDesign?

To create multiple shapes in a grid, press the arrow keys while holding down the mouse button. See Draw multiple objects as a grid. To change the number of sides of a polygon, begin dragging, press the Spacebar, and then press the Up and Down arrow keys.