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Is there a simple way of achieving this............

I created a box which is a solid colour. Add a frame (cmd + m) around the box.

That obviously puts it round all four sides; but what if I only want it on three sides?  Can I delete one of the side frames?

If I was doing it in Illustrator it's a simple "Expand" and then delete the line

elpy zee:

This can be done with a single-cell table. The border grids can be selected and modified individually.

I can see how to select horizontal or vertical sides, but how do I select just one of them?

Make sure that guides are showing. Select the table with the content tool. Hover the cursor over an edge, and shift it around until it changes to a double arrow. With this cursor icon showing, click on the edge. Sometimes this selects the edge, and sometimes it's necessary to try again while holding down the shift key. I look for a change in the measurement palette to see whether the selection is successful, but this is the old 6.52 measurement palette--it clearly shows when the edge, or edge rule, has been selected. Then command m to modify, choose the grid tab, and it should show just one edge that can then be modified.

I don't know if it makes a difference, but I tried this starting with the table tool settings at zero for the width of the frame and for the width of the grid (modify these settings by double-clicking the table icon in the tool bar, then clicking "modify" in the Preferences window that pops up). Probably with single cell tables you want to keep the frame at zero width--this is separate from the grid, and is more like a regular box where the sides can't be adjusted individually.

 elpy

Thanks for that but I'm not getting the result you describe (I'm on Q8 which might explain it)

When I'm hovering the cursor I can see the arrow change but it doesn't become a "double arrow", just a different one. And I'm not seeing any change in the measurements palette when the arrow is moving around

elpy zee:

Try making the selection with the Text content tool.

That's it!   Thanks for your explanations, now I've made it work