Operation Manual

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Layout and design
Last updated 11/30/2015
Resize a text frame
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Do any of the following:
• To resize using the Typ e tool , hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS), and drag any frame
handle. If you hold down the mouse button for one second before you begin dragging, the text will recompose
while you resize the frame.
Note: If you click the text frame instead of dragging it, you’ll lose your text selection or insertion point location.
• To resize using the Sele ction tool , drag any of the frame handles on the frame’s border. Hold down Ctrl
(Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to scale the text within the frame. (See Scale type.)
• To quickly fit the frame to its content, use the Selection tool to select the text frame, and double-click any handle.
For example, if you double-click the center bottom handle, the bottom of the frame snaps to the bottom of the
text. If you double-click the center right handle, the height is preserved while the width narrows to fill the frame.
Tip: You can also double-click a handle on an overset text frame to expand the height or width to fit all text in
the frame. If a text frame includes more overset text than can reasonably fit on the page, the text frame isn’t
resized.
• To fit the text frame to the content, select the frame using the Selection tool, and choose Object > Fitting > Fit
Frame to Content. The bottom of the text frame fits the contents of the text. If a text frame includes more overset
text than can reasonably fit on the page, the text frame isn’t resized.
• To resize using the Scale tool , drag to resize the frame. (See Scale type.)
Use text frames on master pages
When you start a new document, you can select the Master Text Frame option so that an empty text frame is placed on
the document’s default master page. This frame has the column and margin attributes specified in the New Document
dialog box.
Follow these guidelines for using text frames on master pages:
• Set master text frames when you want each page in your document to contain a page-sized text frame into which
you can flow or type your text. If your document requires more variation, such as pages with different numbers of
frames or frames of different lengths, leave the Master Text Frame option deselected, and use the Type tool to create
text frames on masters.
• Whether or not you select the Master Text Frame option, you can add text frames to a master page to act as
placeholders. You can thread these empty placeholder frames together to establish a flow.
• Flow text into master text frames using the same procedures you would use with frames created on document pages.