Diagonal lines in cells

Many users working with tables, prefer to draw diagonal lines for a designation of the empty cell or the corrected information. Program InDesign gives the chance to break cells on a diagonal.

Adding of diagonal lines

1. Select cells which want to change.

2. Execute commands Table-> Cell Options-> Diagonal Lines (the Table-> the Cell format-> Diagonal lines). On the screen there will be dialog box Cell Options with open tab Diagonal Lines (fig. 13.52).

Or

Select options Cell Options-> Diagonal Lines (the Cell format-> Diagonal lines) from the palette menu.

3. Set text layout over a line or under it by means of switches Draw in Front (Foreground) and Draw in Back (Background).

4. Set a direction and an amount of lines, clicking on one of four buttons.

5. Be defined with a type of lines in section Line Stroke (Line).

Fig. 13.50. To add boundaries, click on circuit lines

Fig. 13.51. Fields of section Cell Fill allow to apply colors to separate cells of the table

Fig. 13.52. Tab Diagonal Lines of dialog box Cell Options is used for adding of diagonal lines in cells