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3. Type Grand Cuisine. Grand Culture. Grand Central.
The text appears beginning at the flashing insertion point. Depending on the size of

your frame, the text might automatically wrap to a second line within the frame or

might not fit into the frame (indicated by a red X, called an overset text icon). Note:
New text in InDesign is automatically set in black 12-pt Minion Pro. This font is Type defaults to a 100%

installed along with the application, so it should be available on your computer unless black fill with no stroke.

someone has modified your system fonts. Don’t worry if your type appears in some (You can apply a stroke
other font; you will change it shortly. to type, but you should
be very careful when you

When the insertion point is flashing, the Properties panel includes a fairly large do to avoid destroying
number of text formatting options, consolidated from a variety of other panels and
dialog boxes. Depending on the height of your monitor or application frame, you the letter shapes.)
might need to scroll through the panel to find specific formatting options that appear

at the bottom of the panel.
Scroll through the
panel to find all the
available options.

Click the More Options
buttons to show additional
options in a specific section.

4. Choose the Selection tool in the Tools panel.
You must use the Selection tool to change the position and size of a text frame. You
can either drag the handles to manually change the frame or use the Control panel
options to define specific parameters.

5. In the Properties panel, make sure the constrain option is not active for
the W and H fields. Choose the top-left reference point, and then change

the frame’s dimensions to:
X: 0.25 in W: 4.5 in
Y: 9.5 in H: 0.25 in

When the frame is
selected, frame-
specific options
become available in
the Properties panel.

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