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Hi there!

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In this video we’ll be talking about borders
and shading in InDesign, so let’s get started.

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We’re going to start with inserting a border,
and for that, you can just place your cursor

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anywhere in the paragraph you’d like to
add a border to.

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Now go to the top right corner of the toolbar
above, and click the burger menu, and select

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‘paragraph borders and shading’ option.

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You’ll find two tabs on top, so since we’re
interested in inserting a border, ensure that

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you are on that tab.

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Also check the preview box, and then the border
box, to activate the settings.

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From the type dropdown, you can select the
style of the border you’d like added to

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your paragraph.

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I’m going to let it remain to the default
setting.

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Let’s update the color of our choice.

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Let’s also increase the offset, cuz at this
point it’s too close to our text.

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You can even select the corner size and shape
to style the border, so let’s first unlink

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it, because I don’t want to style all four
sides.

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Now focus on the top right corner of the border.

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First I’m going to choose a style, so let’s
pick ‘inverse rounded’ from here.

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Since the border has come very close to my
text, let’s increase the offset, a notch,

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and then hit okay.

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So that’s how you can play with the settings,
and add borders, and style them as per your

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requirement.

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Another thing you can do with this is add
it to a paragraph style, so let’s select

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the text within the border, and go to window,
and then styles, and select paragraph styles.

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Click the small plus button at the bottom
of the paragraph styles panel to create a

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new style, and then double-click, and rename
it ‘1st paragraph.’

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Also, from the ‘based on’ dropdown, select
‘no paragraph style’, as we are not basing

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it on any preset style, and hit okay.

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Now the best part about this is, I can apply
the same border without even going to the

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‘borders and shading’ option.

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All I need to do is place the cursor anywhere
in the paragraph I’d like this border added,

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and then click the paragraph style we created,
and voila, the border is added with the same

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settings.

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Alright!

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Let’s move to another page, and we’re
going to try shading this time, so place the

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cursor anywhere in the paragraph, and head
to the same burger menu on the top right corner

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of the toolbar above, and select ‘paragraph
borders and shading’ option.

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This time let’s move to the ‘shading’
tab.

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Now pick a shading color of choice.

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If the color is too dark, you can lower the
opacity from the tint option, so let’s lower

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it to 50%.

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Much like earlier, increase the offset a bit,
so that the shading is not too close to the

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edge of the text.

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Let’s unlink the corner size and shape,
as we have room only at the bottom right corner

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of the shading.

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Actually let’s move the menu to the left.

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You see that space, that’s where we’ll
add a shading style, so let’s pick one from

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the dropdown here.

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Perfect!

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Now to drag the corner inward, let’s increase
the size of the corner, and it shall move

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inward, and that’s how our paragraph looks
after styling the corner, so let’s hit okay.

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Now let’s move to another page.

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This time we’ll try a different sort of
creativity with shading, so let’s place

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our cursor in the first paragraph here, and
go to the paragraph borders and shading option.

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Let’s switch to shading tab.

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Let’s pick a different color this time,
and also lower the opacity to 50%.

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Also increase the overall offset, just a tiny
bit.

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Now what we’re planning to do is push the
shading towards the left, in such a way that

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it doesn’t cover the text at all, so let’s
unlink the offset settings.

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Now instead of increasing the offset, let’s
decrease the offset of the right side of the

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shading, so as to have it touch the extreme
left.

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Now let’s increase the left offset, a notch
to make the rectangle wider.

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Now that the rectangle is wide enough, let’s
push it a little further to the left, so that

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it doesn’t touch the text.

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I think this much is good enough, so hit okay.

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Now the best part about this is, when you
add text to the first paragraph, and it jumps

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to the next line, the rectangle will also
jump with it to maintain the design.

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So let me copy the second paragraph, and then
paste it at the end of the first paragraph,

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and there you go, the text jumps, and so does
the stylized rectangle.

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Now let’s try one last creativity with our
shading here.

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Let’s move to another page, and place the
cursor anywhere in the first paragraph, and

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then go to paragraph borders and shading option.

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Let’s switch to the shading tab, and select
a color of choice.

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Let’s reduce the opacity to 70%, and then
increase the overall offset, just a tiny bit.

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Now unlink the offset option, and increase
the left offset all the way to the edge of

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the page, and then hit okay.

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Alternatively, you can increase the right
offset as well, to touch the spine, should

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you want to.

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I’m going to let it as it is.

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To view it in the preview mode, hit ‘W’,
and that’s how this shading style is going

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to look, once printed.

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Alright guys!

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That brings us to the close of this session,
and I shall see you in the next one momentarily.

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Good bye!