InDesign

Create text frames

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.

 Do any of the following:
  • 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.

    Dragging to create new text 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.