Operation Manual

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Flowing text through frames
If you have more text than will fit in one text frame, you have the
following options to accommodate the text:
• Shrink the text to fit the frame
• Manually create and link multiple frames (p. 53)
• Use AutoFlow to automatically create new frames (p. 55)
• Use Auto-frame to dynamically, continually add or remove text
frames (p. 56)
Fitting text to frames
Once frames are in position it's still possible to control how text is
distributed throughout the frame(s) via tools on the Frame context
toolbar.
The Text Sizing flyout offers three tools for controlling how
frame text scales through the text frame. These are "one-off"
operations (compared to the "continuous" Autofit options
shown below).
Fit Text
Click to scale the story's text size so it fits exactly into the
available frame(s); further text added to the frame will cause text
overflow. You can use this early on, to gauge how the story fits,
or near the end, to apply the finishing touch. Fit Text first applies
small point size changes, then small leading changes, then
adjustments to the paragraph space below value, until the text
fits.