Formatting text – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Formatting text
Format text
Text formatting precedence
Copy type attributes (Eyedropper)
Use Quick Apply
Format text
Use the Control panel to change the appearance of text. When text is selected or when the insertion point is placed in text, the Control panel
displays either the character formatting controls or the paragraph formatting controls, or a combination of both, depending on your monitor
resolution. These same text formatting controls appear in the Character panel and Paragraph panel. You can also use the Character panel and
Paragraphs panel to change the appearance of text.
Note the following methods of formatting text:
To format characters, you can use the Type tool
to select characters, or you can click to place the insertion point, select a formatting
option, and then begin typing.
To format paragraphs, you don’t need to select an entire paragraph—selecting any word or character, or placing the insertion point in a
paragraph will do. You can also select text in a range of paragraphs.
To set the formatting for all future text frames that you’ll create in the current document, make sure that the insertion point is not active and
that nothing is selected, and then specify text formatting options. To set default text formatting for all new documents, close all documents,
and then specify the text settings. See Set defaults.
Select a frame to apply formatting to all text inside it. The frame cannot be part of a thread.
Use paragraph styles and character styles to format text quickly and consistently.
1. Select the Type tool
.
2. Click to place an insertion point, or select the text that you want to format.
3. In the Control panel, click the Character Formatting Control icon
or the Paragraph Formatting Control icon
.
Control panel
A. Character formatting controls B. Paragraph formatting controls
4. Specify formatting options.
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