Curious little CS5

So InDesign CS5 decides to make boxes more difficult than they already are. When trying to make just a blank box with a 1pt stroke a certain dimension, it was not lining up to the specified crop marks in the art.

Frustrating.

After moving and re-doing the box a number of times, my boss informs me of this little glitch, and give an alternative way to fix it. Apparently, InDy measures the box from the outside of the stroke instead of the middle, so when you increase the point size stroke of the box, you also change the dimensions of the box.

The fix? Draw a box with no stroke, just fill and specify the dimensions you'd like. Then set fill to none and stroke to your desired color. Et viola! You now have a box in the correct size you wanted 5 minutes ago.

What a headache that was.

Be well.