Editing text, Select text, Change what triple-clicking does – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual

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USING INDESIGN CS4

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Limit To Master Text Frames

If this option is turned off, you can also add or remove pages when editing text frames

that aren’t based on master pages. To prevent unwanted text reflow from occurring, Smart Text Reflow takes effect
only if the text frame you’re editing is threaded to at least one other text frame on a different page.

Note: When using Smart Text Reflow in text frames that aren’t based on master pages, pages are added with full-page,
single-column text frames, regardless of the attributes of the text frame to which the new frame is threaded.

Preserve Facing-Page Spreads

This option determines whether facing-page spreads are preserved when text is

reflowed in the middle of a document. If this option is selected when text reflows in the middle of the document, a new
two-page spread is added. If this option is not selected, a single new page is added, and subsequent pages are “shuffled.”

If your layout includes design elements specific to the right or left side of the spread, turn on this option. If your left
and right pages are interchangeable, you can turn off this option. This option is dimmed if the document does not have
facing pages.

Delete Empty Pages

Select this option to delete pages when you edit text or hide conditions. Pages are deleted only if

the emptied text frame is the only object on the page.

To see how Smart Text Reflow can let you use InDesign as a text editor, create a document with Facing Pages turned
off and Master Text Frame selected. In Type preferences, make sure that Smart Text Reflow and Delete Empty Pages

are selected. On the first page, hold down Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift (Mac OS), and click the master text
frame to override it. When you type enough text to fill this text frame, a new page and text frame is added automatically.
If you delete enough text, a page is removed.

Editing text

Select text

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Using the Type tool, do one of the following:

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Drag the I-bar cursor over a character, word, or an entire text block to select it.

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Double-click a word to select it. Spaces next to the word are not selected.

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Triple-click anywhere in a line to select a line. If the Triple Click To Select A Line preferences option is deselected,
triple-clicking selects the entire paragraph.

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If the Triple Click To Select A Line option is selected, quadruple-click anywhere in a paragraph to select the entire
paragraph.

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Quintuple-click to select the entire story, or click anywhere in a story and choose Edit > Select All.

If you cannot select text in a frame, the text frame could be on a locked layer or on a master page. Try unlocking the
layer or going to the master page. The text frame may also be beneath another text frame or transparent object. See
“

Select text in a frame that is covered

” on page 139.

See also

“

Keys for navigating through and selecting text

” on page 685

Change what triple-clicking does

1 Choose Edit > Preferences

> Type (Windows) or InDesign

> Preferences

> Type (Mac

OS).