: Getting a fixed width border when resizing a box in InDesign I've been building a document in InDesign, and want to collect my text into color-coded boxes and sidebars. My technique so far:

@Tiffany317

A rectangular shape and a text frame are essentially the same thing under the hood. You can click in a shape with the text tool and it automatically becomes a text frame. (You can turn off this behavior by unchecking Preferences > Type > Type Tool Converts Frames to Text Frames.) There is no need to drag or paste a text frame into another frame under normal circumstances, although this does have a use in particular cases, such as when you want diagonal text inside an arbitrary shape.

Do it this way:


Drag out a text frame in the usual way, with the text tool, and add your text.
Press Escape to end text editing and make the Selection (black arrow) tool active.
Fill the text frame with the color or gradient you want to use.
Use InDesign's Text Frame Options (Ctl/Cmd-B or Object > Text Frame Options...) to set up the inset value you want from each edge of the frame.


Now, when you resize (not rescale) the text frame, the inset values will remain constant.

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@Hamaas979

Instead of creating a text object, try typing into the box object itself and setting the indent values.

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