Hi John,
Maybe playing with something like what follows will help:
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\starttext
\placeintermezzo[right,none]{}
\rotate[rotation=-10]{\startframedtext[width=3in]
\midaligned{\bf RECIPE FOR SUCCESS}
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I am redoing a book originally done in InDesign
and the prior typesetter took delight in using
every trick in the book. I can match all of them
in context except one. He creates little sidebars
and sometimes he leans them to the left by a few
degrees. Here is an example of one such sidebar.
How d