Compound Paths

  1. Create rectangles or shapes.
  2. Select all
  3. Object Menu–Paths–Make Compound Path
  4. File–Place
  5. Right-Click/Control-Click–Fill Frame Proportionally

How to add a Background in InDesign

  1. Click on PAGES
  2. Double-Click on A-MASTER
  3. Draw a “Square w/ an X” (Rectangle-Frame Tool)
  4. File-Place
  5. Using the WHITE-SELECTION TOOL, RESIZE (Or, Control-Click/Right-Click…Fitting…Fill Frame Proportionally)
  6. Control-Click/Right-Click…Arrange…Send to Back
  7. Click out of A-MASTER back to regular pages.