Move and resize text frames – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Dragging to create new text 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.
Resize a text frame
Do any of the following:
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.
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 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.
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