Adding borders, fill, and baselines to fields

  1. In Layout mode, select one or more fields.
  2. In the Inspector, click the Appearance Appearance tab.
  3. In the Graphic or Text area, select the options you want to use.

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Do this

Add a fill color to fields

In the Graphic area, for Fill, choose a color or specify a color gradient or image. See Filling with a color gradient or Filling with an image.

Add borders to fields and set their attributes

In the Graphic area, for Line, choose options.

Add borders between repeating fields

Click Alternate Row Border control.

Change the shape of field corners

In the Graphic area, for Corner radius, choose each corner that you want to have a rounded appearance.

Add text baselines and set their attributes

In the Text area, select Text baselines, and then choose options.

If the current layout is set to show field boundaries in Layout mode, you may not be able to see some of the border effects that you have applied. To see the effects, do one of the following:

  • Hide the field boundaries while in Layout mode: View menu > Show > Field Boundaries to hide them.
  • Switch to Browse mode.

Notes