Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 391)

INDESIGN CS3
User Guide
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Background image pasted into a frame
1 Do one of the following:
• To paste one object inside a frame, select the object.
• To paste two or more objects inside a frame, group them first, because a frame can contain only one object.
• To paste a text frame inside another frame and preserve its current appearance, select the entire text frame using
the Selection tool
or Direct Selection tool , not the Type tool.
2 Choose Edit > Copy (or Edit > Cut, if you don’t want to keep the original).
3 Select a path or frame, and then choose Edit > Paste Into.
Remove a frame’s content
1 Do one of the following:
• If you’re removing a graphic or a text frame, select the object with the Direct Selection tool .
• If you’re removing text characters, select them with the Type tool .
2 Do one of the following:
• To permanently remove the content, press Delete or Backspace, or drag items to the Delete icon.
• To place the content elsewhere on the layout, choose Edit > Cut, deselect the frame, and then choose Edit > Paste.
Note: An imported image cannot exist without a frame. If you cut an imported image from its frame and paste it
elsewhere within a document, a new frame will be created for it automatically.
Fit an object to its frame
When you place or paste an object into a frame, it appears at the upper-left corner of the frame by default. If the frame
and its content are different sizes, you can use the Fitting commands to achieve a perfect fit automatically.
Frame alignment options apply to frames that contain either a graphic or another text frame (text frames nested
within another frame), but they do not affect paragraphs inside a text frame—you control alignment and positioning
of text itself using the Text Frame Options command and the Paragraph, Paragraph Styles, and Story panels.
Note: Fitting commands are also available as buttons on the Control panel; use tool tips to view the names of the buttons.
1 Select the frame of the object.
2 Choose Object > Fitting and one of the following options:
Fit Content To Frame Resizes content to fit a frame and allows the content proportions to be changed. The frame will
not change, but the content may appear to be stretched if the content and the frame have different proportions.
Fit Frame To Content Resizes a frame to fit its content. The frame’s proportions are altered to match the content
proportions, if necessary. This is useful for resetting a graphics frame that you accidentally altered.