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Hi,
I am trying to apply a universal object style in my Indesign CC 14 document. I'd like each image (object, non text) to have a a border with padding. Currently, I know how to apply the border (object styles > stroke > outer fill) and I can get rounded corners and all real nice. But I need that padding between the image and the border.
As i understand it, I apply the margin through the text style, but how to apply the padding for the border?
thanks
matt

For text frames you use Inset Spacing in Text Frame Options. For images you can make a custom stroke style like this and apply it to the image frame. Here the stroke is from 0 to 25% and the gap is from 25 to 100%. I've applied a 20pt stroke outside aligned, so the stroke is 5 pts and the gap or padding is 15pts. You can then color the gap or leave it transparent:

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