Add transparency effects to text, Assign a language to text – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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To apply color changes to text inside a frame, use the Type tool
to select text.
To apply color changes to all text in a frame, use the Selection tool to select the frame. When applying color to the text rather than the
container, make sure that you select the Formatting Affects Text icon in the Tools panel or in the Swatches panel.
2. In the Tools panel or in the Swatches panel, select whether you want to apply the color change to the fill or stroke. If you select Stroke, the
color change affects only the outline of characters.
3. Do any of the following:
In the Swatches panel, click a color or gradient swatch.
In the Stroke panel, specify a weight or other stroke options. (See Stroke panel options.)
You can also apply a gradient to text by dragging across the selected text using either the Gradient Swatch tool
or the Gradient Feather tool
.
To create reverse type, you can change the text fill color to white or [Paper] and the frame’s fill color to a dark color. You can also create
reverse type by using a paragraph rule behind text; however, if the rule is black, you’ll need to change the type to white.
Add transparency effects to text
Use the Effects panel to add transparency effects, such as drop shadows, to text.
Mike Rankin provides examples about transparency effects at
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1. Use the Selection tool to select the text frame.
2. Choose Object > Effects > [effect].
3. Choose Text from the Settings For menu.
You can choose Object if you want the effects you choose to apply to the text frame’s stroke and fill as well as the text inside it.
4. Specify the effect attributes and click OK.
If you want to change the text’s blending mode or opacity settings, make these changes on the Effects panel.
Assign a language to text
Assigning a language to text determines which spelling and hyphenation dictionary is used. Assigning a language does not change the actual text.
1. Do any of the following:
To apply the language only to selected text, select the text.
To change the default dictionary used in InDesign, choose the language with no documents open.
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