Paste text – Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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See also
“About import filters” on page 117
“Work with missing fonts” on page 210
Type text in a document
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To place the insertion point inside the text frame, do one of the following:
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Using the Type tool
, drag to create a new text frame, or click in an existing text frame.
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Using a selection tool, double-click inside an existing text frame. The Type tool is selected automatically.
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Begin typing.
If you created a text frame on a master page, hold down Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift (Mac OS) as you
click in the frame on your document page. This makes a copy of the master page frame on the document page. You
can then use the Type tool to add text to the selected frame.
Type Asian text using inline input
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Choose Edit > Preferences > Advanced Type (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Advanced Type (Mac OS).
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Select Use Inline Input For Non-Latin Text, and then click OK.
You can use a system input method, if available, for adding 2-byte and 4-byte characters. This method is especially
useful for entering Asian characters.
Insert placeholder text
InDesign can add placeholder text that you can easily replace with real text later. Adding placeholder text can give
you a more complete sense of your document’s design.
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Use the Selection tool to select one or more text frames, or use the Type tool to click in a text frame.
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Choose Type > Fill With Placeholder Text.
If you add placeholder text to a frame that’s threaded to other frames, the placeholder text is added at the start of the
first text frame (if all frames are empty) or at the end of the existing text (if some text is already in the threaded
frames), through to the end of the last threaded frame.
To remove or replace placeholder text, double-click in any frame in the thread, choose Edit > Select All, and then
delete the text.
To change the text that is used as placeholder text, create a text file with the text you wish to use, name it Place-
holder.txt, and save it in the application folder.
Paste text
If the insertion point is not inside a text frame when you paste text into InDesign, a new plain text frame will be
created. If the insertion point is inside a text frame, the text will be pasted inside that frame. If you have text selected
when you paste, the pasted text will overwrite the selected text.
See also