Filling shapes

Hi,
just one easy question with inDesign CS6:
how I can fill a rectangle (i.e.) with dashed lines ?
I searched for a response but without results.
Thank you,
Joe

You need to create a pattern in Illustrator and import (place) it as ai file in a frame in InDesign. The old patterns from PageMaker don't exist any more.

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