Datasheet

Chapter 1: Understanding InDesign Ingredients

Selection tool, making it easier to select and move graphics in frames

that are overlapped by others.

✓ To move a frame but leave the graphic in place, click an edge of the

frame and drag it.

Using the Type tool

A very frequently used tool, the Type tool lets you enter, edit, and format

text. The Type tool also lets you create rectangular text frames.

Here’s how the Type tool works:

✓ To create a rectangular text frame, click and drag; hold the Shift key to

create a perfect square.

✓ To begin typing or editing text, click in a text frame or in any empty

frame and type away.

I explain stories and threaded text frames in Chapter 11.

Figure 1-3:

Reshaping

an item with

the Direct

Selection

tool.

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