Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 135)

INDESIGN CS3
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Set baseline grids for a text frame
In some cases, you might want to use a baseline grid for a frame rather than for the entire document. Use the Text
Frame Options dialog box to apply a baseline grid to a text frame. When you set up a baseline grid for a text frame,
note the following:
• The document baseline grid doesn’t appear behind or in front of text frames that use their own baseline grids.
• If Grids In Back is selected in Grids Preferences, then the following is the baseline drawing order: frame-based
baseline grids, frame grids, document-based baseline grids, and layout grids. If Grids In Back is not selected, then
the following is the baseline drawing order: document-based baseline grids, layout grids, frame-based baseline
grids, and frame grids.
1 If you want the baseline grid to apply to all frames in a thread (even if one or more threaded frames do not include
text), place the insertion point in text, choose Edit > Select All, and then apply the baseline grid settings in the Text
Frame Options dialog box.
2 Choose View > Grids & Guides > Show Baseline Grid to display all baseline grids, including those in a text frame.
3 Select the text frame or place the insertion in a text frame, and then choose Object > Text Frame Options.
4 Click the Baseline Options tab.
5 Under Baseline Grid, select Use Custom Baseline Grid, and do any of the following:
Start Type a value to offset the grid from the top of the page, the top margin of the page, the top of the frame, or the
top inset of the frame, depending on what you choose from the Relative To menu.
Increment Every Type a value for the spacing between grid lines. In most cases, type a value that equals your body
text leading, so that lines of text align perfectly to the grid.
Color Select a color for the grid lines, or choose (Layer Color) to use the same color as the layer on which the text
frame appears.
If you can’t see the baseline grid in a text frame, choose View > Grids & Guides > Show Baseline Grid to make sure
that baseline grids aren’t hidden. If the baseline grid still doesn’t appear, check the threshold for viewing baseline grids
in the Grids section of the Preferences dialog box. To see the grid, you might need to zoom in on the frame or reduce the
threshold level.
See also
“Set up a baseline grid” on page 50
Editing text
Select text
❖ Using the Type tool, do one of the following:
• Drag the I-bar cursor over a character, word, or an entire text block to select it.
• Double-click a word to select it. Spaces next to the word are not selected.
• 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.
• If the Triple Click To Select A Line option is selected, quadruple-click anywhere in a paragraph to select the entire
paragraph.