How to make a style with shaded background and indented text?

[Katarina]

For a template I need a style with shaded background and indented text.



How do you make that in a robust way?
See attachment for example.
Would like the shade to bo a bit "extended" on the top, as well.

Thanx

[Charles Kenyon]

Consider using a Frame as a part of the Style definition, perhaps without a border.
Frames and Textboxes in Microsoft Word

This can be made a part of a paragraph Style. You can simply add indents and shading to the paragraph Style without the frame, but the frame allows for wrapping of other text and positioning.

You could also use a Textbox, but this cannot be made a part of a Style definition.

[Katarina]

Thankyou Charles for helping out!

I do manage to get the shaded background but it seems impossible to make the shade start a bit to the left of the actual text, as in the example. (And stop a bit to the right. Actually: the shaded area shall cover the whole type area)

Is my assumption correct ?

It seems like I have to choose: formatstyle and not designed as we want, or textbox (or a tablecell? ) and get the wanted design.

This is supposed to end up in a stable template for users that can´t or won´t bother about layout issues. So mayby a style is the better alternative, even if it won't do exactly what the customer wants.

[Charles Kenyon]

With a textbox, you definitely can have shading beyond the text.

I do not know if you can place two frames, one atop another, but I suspect not.

I did something like what you want by putting a hanging indent in the style and adding a manual line break at the beginning and a tab before each paragraph. Still far from automatic or completely Style-based. I've attached the document with this frame.

A screenshot appears below.

[Katarina]

Thanks again!
OK it seems to be a hard nut. The solution needs to be very simple since it will be a corporate template.

I have before made something similiar with a list and will now test a list without any list sign.
It will still not be intendented to the right though.