Horizontal line in Design & Print

[BanjoTom]

How do I create a simple horizontal line in a dynamic D & P template?  I want to make pages like the attached sample, BUT with a line separating the upper (image) part of the page from the lower (text, metadata) part.   I have searched the Help files, and tried in vain to use a .EMF file in a new graphic container, but it doesn't show up.

Suggestions?

[BanjoTom]

I did just get this to work, sort of, but only using a JPG file, not an EMF or WMF or PNG.   But I need to do a lot more exploring to get things formatted the way I'll want in the long run . . .

[Mario]

The easiest way to do a line is to use a rectangle container.

For this example, I used the Contact Sheet template. This template displays an image at the top and a description at the bottom within a single container.  This is done by snapping both containers to the cell. The image has a bottom margin of 2cm to make room for the text. The text container is aligned to the bottom and has a height of 2cm.

Now, to make a line between the image and the text I added a rectangle container.

Settings (siehe image below for details):

+ Snap to cell, replicate in both directions.

+ Width: 0 This means that the container stretches to the cell width.
+ Height: 0.1 cm (or whatever height you want the line to be)
+ Fill color: red.

Vertical Alignment: Bottom
Cell Margin Bottom: 2cm

This positions the container / line 2cm from the bottom of the cell, right above the text.
The result looks like this:



See the screen shots below for the detailed settings.

You can use cell padding etc. to add left and right indents, use a border effect etc.
In the same way you can use an image container as a 'line', e.g., when you want to display a WMF file with a vector border.

Using the same method, you can place individual lines on each edge, even multiple, with different styles, heights or widths.

[BanjoTom]

Many thanks, Mario!  Your explanation and example makes perfect sense to me, and I'll use your "rectangle container" method and also will keep exploring the many other powerful options in Design & Print.