Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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INDESIGN CS3
User Guide
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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.
Double-click handle to resize text frame.
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To fit the text frame to the content, select the frame using the Selection tool, and choose Object > Fitting > Fit
Frame to Content. The bottom of the text frame fits the contents of the text. 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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To resize using the Scale tool
, drag to resize the frame. (See “Scale type” on page 220.)
Using text frames on master pages
When you start a new document, you can select the Master Text Frame option so that an empty text frame is placed
on the document’s default master page. This frame has the column and margin attributes specified in the New
Document dialog box.
Follow these guidelines for using text frames on master pages:
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Set master text frames when you want each page in your document to contain a page-sized text frame into which
you can flow or type your text. If your document requires more variation, such as pages with different numbers of
frames or frames of different lengths, leave the Master Text Frame option deselected.
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Whether or not you select the Master Text Frame option, you can add text frames to a master page to act as place-
holders. You can thread these empty placeholder frames together to establish a flow.
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Flow text into master text frames using the same procedures you would use with frames created on document
pages.
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If you need to type text in a master text frame on a document page, hold down Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or
Command+Shift (Mac OS) as you click the text frame on the document page. Then click in the frame using the
Type tool and begin typing.
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If you change the page margins, text frames adjust to the new margins only if the Enable Layout Adjustment option
is selected.
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Selecting the Master Text Frame option does not affect whether new pages are added when you autoflow text.