Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 133)

INDESIGN CS3
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Text frame properties
Change text frame properties
Use Text Frame Options to change settings such as the number of columns in the frame, the vertical alignment of
text within the frame, or the inset spacing, which is the distance of the margins between the text and the frame.
Before (left) and after (right) setting inset and creating two columns in a text frame
If you need to use the same text frame properties for multiple text frames, create an object style that you can apply
to your text frames.
1 Using the Selection tool , select a frame, or using the Type tool , click inside the text frame or select text.
2 Choose Object > Text Frame Options, or hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and then double-click
the text frame using a selection tool.
3 Change text frame options, and then click OK.
These text frame options are available when you’re defining an object style for text boxes.
See also
“Define object styles” on page 178
Add columns to a text frame
You can create columns within a text frame by using the Text Frame Options dialog box.
To create columns of unequal width or height, add threaded text frames side-by-side on either a layout page or a
master page.
1 Using the Selection tool, select a frame, or using the Type tool, click inside the text frame or select text.
2 Choose Object > Text Frame Options.
3 Specify the number of columns, the width of each column, and the spacing between each column (gutter) for the
text frame.
4 (Optional) Select Fixed Column Width to maintain column width when you resize the frame. If this option is
selected, resizing the frame can change the number of columns, but not their width.