Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 132)

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When you position the loaded text icon over a text frame, parentheses enclose the icon . When you position the
loaded text icon next to a guide or grid snapping point, the black pointer becomes white .
You can flow text using four methods:
Flow text manually
1 Use the Place command to select a file, or click the out port of a selected text frame.
2 Do one of the following:
• Position the loaded text icon anywhere within an existing frame or path, and then click. The text flows into the
frame and any other frames linked to it. Note that text always starts filling the frame at the top of the leftmost
column, even when you click in a different column.
• Position the loaded text icon in a column to create a text frame the width of that column. The top of the frame
appears where you click.
• Drag the loaded text icon to create a text frame the width and height of the area you define.
3 If there is more text to be placed, click the out port and repeat steps 1 and 2 until all text has been placed.
Note: When you place text in a frame that is threaded to other frames, text autoflows through the threaded frames,
regardless of the text flow method you choose.
Flow text semi-automatically
❖ With a loaded text icon, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) a page or frame.
The text flows one column at a time, as in manual flow, but the loaded text icon automatically reloads after each
column is placed.
Flow text automatically
❖ With the loaded text icon displayed, hold down Shift as you do one of the following:
• Click the loaded text icon in a column to create a frame the width of that column. InDesign creates new text frames
and new document pages until all text is added to the document.
• Click inside a text frame that is based on a master text frame. The text autoflows into the document page frame
and generates new pages as needed, using the master frame’s attributes. (See “About masters, stacking order, and
layers” on page 62.)
Flow text automatically without adding pages
❖ With a loaded text icon, hold down Shift+Alt (Windows) or Shift+Option (Mac OS).
Method What it does
Manual text flow Adds text one frame at a time. You must reload the text icon to
continue flowing text.
Semi-autoflow by holding down Alt (Windows) or Option
(Mac OS) when you click.
Works like manual text flow, except that the pointer becomes a
loaded text icon each time the end of a frame is reached, until all
text is flowed into your document.
Autoflow by Shift-clicking. Adds pages and frames until all text is flowed into your document.
Fixed-page autoflow by holding down Shift+Alt (Windows) or
Shift+Option (Mac OS) when you click.
Flows all text into the document without adding frames or pages.
Any remaining text is overset.