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                    Create text frames
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                <div><div class="section"><p>All
text in InDesign resides inside containers called <dfn class="term">text frames</dfn>.
(Text frames are similar to text boxes in QuarkXPress and
text blocks in Adobe PageMaker.) </p>
<p>Like
graphics frames, text frames can be moved, resized, and changed.
The tool with which you select a text frame determines the kind
of changes you can make:</p>
<ul><li><p>Use the Type tool&#160;<img src="images/P_TypeHoriz_Lg_N.png" /> to
enter or edit text in a frame.</p>
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<li><p>Use the Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Select_Lg_N.png" /> for
general layout tasks such as positioning and sizing a frame.</p>
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<li><p>Use the Direct Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_AnchorSelect_Lg_N.png" /> to
alter a frame’s shape.</p>
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<p>Text frames can
also be connected to other text frames so that the text in one frame
can flow into another frame. Frames that are connected in this way
are <dfn class="term">threaded</dfn>. Text that flows through one or more threaded
frames is called a <dfn class="term">story</dfn>. When you place (import) a
word-processing file, it comes into your document as a single story,
regardless of the number of frames it may occupy. </p>
<p>Text frames can have multiple columns. Text
frames can be based on, yet independent of, page columns. In other
words, a two-column text frame can sit on a&#160;four-column
page. Text frames can also be placed on master pages and still receive
text on document pages.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />If you use the same
type of text frame repeatedly, you can create an object style that
includes text frame formatting such as stroke and fill colors, text
frame options, and text wrap and transparency effects.</div><p>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.</p>
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<div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Do any of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Select the Type tool&#160;<img src="images/P_TypeHoriz_Lg_N.png" />, 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.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="iu_07" src="images/iu_07.png" /><div class="figdesc">Dragging to create new text frame</div><br /></div></li>
<li><p>Using the Selection tool, click the in port or out
port of another text frame, and then click or drag to create another
frame. </p>
</li>
<li><p>Use the Place command to place a text file.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Using the Type tool&#160;<img src="images/P_TypeHoriz_Lg_N.png" />, 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.</p>
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