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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fa6a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Type text in a document</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fa5a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Type Asian text using inline input</h4>
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</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>Add
text to a document by typing or by pasting or placing text from
a word-processing application. If your word-processing application
supports drag-and-drop, you can also drag text into InDesign frames.
For large blocks of text, the Place command is an efficient, versatile
way to add text to your document. InDesign supports a variety of
word-processing, spreadsheet, and text file formats. </p>
<p>When
you place or paste text, you do not need to create a text frame
first; InDesign will create one for you automatically.</p>
<p>When you place text, you can select Show
Import Options to determine whether the imported text maintains
its styles and formatting. Before you paste text, you can select
All Information or Text Only under Clipboard Handling Preferences
to determine whether the pasted text includes additional information
such as swatches and styles.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />If the text you
import into your document includes pink, green, or another color of
highlighting, you likely have one or more composition preference
options turned on. Open the Composition section of the Preferences
dialog box, and notice which options are turned on under Highlight.
For example, if the pasted text is formatted with fonts not available,
the text is highlighted in pink.</div></div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fa6a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fa6a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Type text in a document</h3><div><ol><li><span>To place the insertion point inside
the text frame, do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Using
the Type tool&#160;<img src="images/P_TypeHoriz_Lg_N.png" />, drag
to create a new text frame, or click in an existing text frame. </p>
</li>
<li><p>Using a selection tool, double-click inside an existing
text frame. The Type tool is selected automatically.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<li><span>Begin typing.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>If you created a text frame on a master page, hold down
Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift (Mac&#160;OS) as you click
in the frame on your document page. This makes a copy of the master
page frame on the document page. You can then use the Type tool
to add text to the selected frame.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fa5a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fa5a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Type Asian text using inline input</h3><div><ol><li><span>Choose
Edit&#160;&gt; Preferences&#160;&gt; Advanced Type (Windows)
or InDesign&#160;&gt; Preferences&#160;&gt;
Advanced Type (Mac&#160;OS).</span></li>
<li><span>Select Use Inline Input For Non-Latin Text, and then
click&#160;OK.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>You can use
a system input method, if available, for adding 2‑byte and 4‑byte
characters. This method is especially useful for entering Asian characters.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6f9ba" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6f9ba"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Insert placeholder text</h3><div><div class="section"><p>InDesign can add placeholder text that
you can easily replace with real text later. Adding placeholder
text can give you a more complete sense of your document’s design.</p>
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<ol><li><span>Use the Selection tool to select one or more text&#160;frames,
or use the Type tool to click in a text frame.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Type&#160;&gt; Fill With Placeholder Text.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>If you add placeholder text to a frame that’s threaded
to other frames, the placeholder text is added at the start of the
first text frame (if all frames are empty) or at the end of the
existing text (if some text is already in the threaded frames), through
to the end of the last threaded frame.</p>
<p>To remove or replace
placeholder text, double-click in any frame in the thread, choose
Edit&#160;&gt; Select All, and then delete the text.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To change the text that is used as placeholder
text, create a text file with the text you wish to use, name it
Placeholder.txt, and save it in the application folder.</div></div>
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