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2. Click the button at the right end of the Control panel to open the panel
Options menu.

3. If the Dimensions Include Stroke Weight option is checked, choose that
item to toggle the option off.
When this option is active, the size of an object’s stroke is factored as part of the overall
object size. Consider, for example, a frame that is 72 points wide by 72 points high with
a 1-point stroke. If you remove the stroke from the frame, the frame would then be only
70 points by 70 points.
Click here to open the
Control panel Options menu. Note:
These options remember
This option should be
unchecked (inactive). the last-used settings.

4. Choose the Rectangle tool in the Tools panel.
If you don’t see the Rectangle tool, click and hold the default shape tool until the nested Note:
tools appear; slide over and down to select the Rectangle tool.
Tools with nested options
default to show the last-
5. Click the Default Fill and Stroke button at the bottom of the Tools panel.
used variation in the
In InDesign, the default fill is None, and the default stroke is 1-pt black. main Tools panel.

6. Click anywhere on the page, and drag down and right to draw a rectangle
that is about 1″ high and 2″ wide.

As you draw, cursor feedback shows the size of the shape you are creating.

When you click and drag
to create the rectangle,
the blue line shows the
outline of the shape
Rectangle tool you’re drawing.

Cursor feedback
shows the size of the
shape you’re drawing.
Default Fill and
Stroke button

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