Datasheet

the Character Formatting Controls
icon is selected at the le side of
the Control panel. e largest leading
value on each line in a paragraph sets
the spacing for that line.
While this is a more traditional
approach to leading, it can be
frustrating to those accustomed
to the way QuarkXPress works. If
you prefer that every character in
a paragraph have the same leading
value, you can open the Preferences
dialog box, choose the Type pane,
and then select the Apply Leading
To Entire Paragraphs option.
Text threading
You won’t nd any tools for link-
ing and unlinking text frames in the
InDesign Tools panel. at’s because
linking and unlinking—or threading,
as it’s called in InDesign—is accom-
plished via the in and out ports on
text frames.
e in port of a text frame is a
small square just below the frame’s
upper le corner; the out port is
just above the lower right corner. If
an out port is displayed in red with
a red plus sign within, it indicates
there is overset text. For more on
viewing or editing overset text, see
“Story Editor” on page 44.
To add a new text frame aer an
existing text frame, select either
the Selection tool or the Direct
Selection tool, click the existing
frame, and then click the frame’s
out port. A loaded icon is dis-
played. At this point, you can:
 Click or drag to create a new text
frame on your page.
 Click within another existing text
frame to thread to that frame. e
frame you click may be empty or
contain text.
Use the same process to add a text
frame in front of an existing frame,
except begin by clicking the frame’s
in port.
To unlink two threaded text frames,
double-click either the out port of the
rst frame or the in port of the sec-
ond frame. You can see how frames
are threaded together when the
Selection tool is selected by choosing
View > Show Text reads.
Stroke and ll
QuarkXPress limits the kinds of
objects to which you can apply a
Background Color or Frame. In
InDesign, you can select any text,
path, or frame, and apply a solid,
tint, or gradient ll or stroke color
from the Fill or Stroke button in the
Control panel. Alternatively, you can
choose the Fill or Stroke icon at the
bottom of the Tools panel, or at the
top of the Swatches or Color panel.
en do one of the following:
 Click a color swatch in the
Swatches panel.
 Specify a color in the Color panel.
 Dene a blend from one color to
another in the Gradient panel.
 Choose Apply Color, Apply Gradi-
ent, or Apply None from the Apply
Color pop-up menu at the bottom
of the Tools panel.
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To thread one text frame to
another, choose the Selection
tool, click the in or the out port
of a frame, and then click
another text frame.
e story is
displayed as
a thumbnail
next to the
cursor.
Out port
readed frames