Text not staying centered vertically in a rounded corner text box

[D***@adobeforums.com]

As soon as I make the corners of a text box rounded, the vertical center option no longer works.

-Danny

[N***@adobeforums.com]

You're correct - applying corner options to a text frame causes the vertical justification options to gray out as unavailable. This is covered in the online help:

"Vertical justification isn’t applied to text that takes on a non-rectangular shape due to influences such as text frame shape, text wrap, or corner effects. In these cases, top alignment is applied. When a corner effect is applied, vertical justification is possible if you make the text area rectangular by increasing the Inset value in the Text Frame Options dialog box, relative to the Size value in the Corner Options dialog box."

Hope that helps. For what it's worth, my experience has taught me never to muck with text frames and keep them separate from graphic elements. I would use a rounded-corner graphic frame combined with the unmodified text frame - but you may have reasons to do it your way.

[unknown]

Expected behavior. InDesign can only handle vertical alignment in
rectangular shape. Change the text frame inset until the text area is
smaller than the corner effect and you should get your vertical
alignment choice back.

Bob

[Bob Bringhurst]

Here's the help topic that NitroPress refers to:

<http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6dc5a.html>