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I am attaching a screen shot JPG
, but that really won't "show" the problem ... The white word and the blue/green logo are grouped, with effect added, and pasted into the rounded shape that prevents the shadow from bleeding onto the white. (None of the text is fonts; they're all outlines.).
I think you could recreate the issue by creating a few objects, grouping them, adding a shadow and then pasting it all into a box...?
Thank you!
Yep, I was just expecting it to act like Illustrator, and couldn't get my brain out of THAT "box."
Sometimes I wish I could throw a party for everyone who ever helped me via the Internet. (Wouldn't that be ... interesting?? But there might be a bit of a logistics problem... 
)
Ah. An old thread revived!
Some minor notes on this.
mjarrott said in post #8:
Additionally, a frame can only contain one object at a time. That's why you could not ungroup your objects within the frame.
For the average InDesign user yes, but technically, that's not true.
Editing an IDML or IDMS file and open or place it again can proof the contrary.
Also a scripter can proof the contrary in adding one or more objects to another one.
Just run this script code (ExtendScript(JavaScript)) and and expand the little triangle at the Rectangle element in the Layers Panel (InDesign CS5 and above):
var myDoc = app.documents.add();
var myRectangle = myDoc.rectangles.add({geometricBounds:myDoc.pages[0].bounds});
myRectangle.ovals.add({geometricBounds:[0,0,50,50],fillColor:"Yellow"});
myRectangle.rectangles.add({geometricBounds:[0,0,25,25],fillColor:"Magenta"});
//Should open the Layers Panel.
//If it will throw an error, the panel will not open:
try{
app.panels.itemByName("$ID/#ImageLayersPanel").visible = true;
}catch(e){};
alert("Done.");
The added document contains one page with a graphic frame, that holds two different objects not grouped: a yellow circle partly obscured by a smaller magenta rectangle.
And looking at the Layers Panel gives us also a hint how to access all objects pasted inside another object. Just select them in the Layers Panel and access their properties at your will.
Uwe
I HAVE SOLVED THIS MYSTERY FOR ALL.
From the Tools palette, select the HOLLOW ARROW (Direct-Selection) and click on the item or raster image that is "masked" by the basic shape, i.e. Elipse, Square, Triangle, Rectangle, etc., once masked item is selected, select Edit / Cut.
What remains is the empty shell of the shape that once clipped it.
If you still desire to access the item that was "cut" to the clipboard, simply create a new layer (or not) and select EDIT / Paste-In-Place.
Done!
Let me know if this helps! It worked for ME!
-mreoman1
You sound like you are more experienced with Illustrator than with InDesign. All imported graphics in InDesign have a frame that masks them. Deleting the frame deleted the contents. just like deleting a text frame deleted the text it contains. You can click on the image with the Direct Select tool, copy, paste, then delete the original frame. But the newly pasted image still has a frame masking it, it’s just that it is the size of the image. The same result can be achieved by clicking the Fit Frame to Content button in the toolbar.
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