When you place or paste text, you don’t need to create a text frame; InDesign automatically adds frames based on the page’s column settings.
Select the Type tool , and
then drag to define the width and height of a new text frame. Hold
down Shift as you drag to constrain the frame to a square. When
you release the mouse button, a text insertion point appears in
the frame.
Using the Selection tool, click the in port or out port of another text frame, and then click or drag to create another frame.
Use the Place command to place a text file.
Using the Type tool , click
inside any empty frame. If the Type Tool Converts Frames To Text
Frames option is selected in Type preferences, the empty frame is
converted to a text frame.