Operation Manual

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Layout and design
Last updated 11/30/2015
Text frames can have multiple columns. Text frames can be based on, yet independent of, page columns. In other words,
a two-column text frame can sit on a four-column page. Text frames can also be placed on master pages and still receive
text on document pages.
If you use the same type of text frame repeatedly, you can create an object style that includes text frame formatting such
as stroke and fill colors, text frame options, and text wrap and transparency effects.
When you place or paste text, you don’t need to create a text frame; InDesign automatically adds frames based on the
page’s column settings.
When text is pasted, a plain text frame is automatically created. You can also create an empty plain text frame manually
and input text.
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Do any of the following:
• Select the Type tool , and then drag to define the width and height of a new text frame. Hold down Shift as
you drag to constrain the frame to a square. When you release the mouse button, a text insertion point appears
in the frame.
• Using the Selection tool, click the in port or out port of another text frame, and then click or drag to create
another frame.
• Use the Place command to place a text file.
• Using the Type tool , click inside any empty frame. If the Type Tool Converts Frames To Text Frames option
is selected in Type preferences, the empty frame is converted to a text frame.
Move and resize text frames
Use the Selection tool to move or resize text frames.
If you want to move or resize a text frame without switching from the Type tool to a selection tool, hold down Ctrl
(Windows) or Command (Mac OS), and then drag the frame.
Move a text frame
• Using the Selection tool, drag the frame.
• Using the Type tool, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and drag the frame. When you release the
key, the Type tool is still selected.