Move and resize text frames, Move a text frame, Resize a text frame – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Use the Place command to place a text file.
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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.
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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.
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Move a text frame
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Using the Selection tool, drag the frame.
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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.
Resize a text frame
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Do any of the following:
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To resize using the Type 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.
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To resize using the Selection 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 “
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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.
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.