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13. With the Selection tool active, move the cursor inside the resized frame.
This reveals the Content Grabber, which you can use to access and manipulate the
frame’s content without the need to switch tools.
Note:
The Selection Depending on the
tool is active. width of your monitor,
fitting options might be
available in the Control
panel.

Content Grabber

14. Click the Content Grabber in the logo frame.
When the frame’s content is selected, options in the Control panel relate to the placed Note:
object and not the containing frame. The X+ and Y+ fields define the position of the You can also use the
image within the frame. The Scale X and Scale Y fields show the file’s current size as a Direct Selection tool
percentage of the original.
to access and edit the
content inside a graphics
The Control panel now frame.
shows the parameters of
the content in the frame.

The red frame indicates
that you are now editing
the frame’s content instead
of the containing frame.

Content Fitting Options

The Fitting options resize content relative to the containing frame, or
INDESIGN FOUNDATIONS • Fill Frame Proportionally resizes content to fill the entire
resize the containing frame to match the placed content.

frame while preserving the content’s proportions. Some of the
image area might be cropped.
• Fit Content Proportionally resizes content to fit entirely within
its containing frame, maintaining the current aspect ratio of the
image. Some empty space might result along one dimension of
the frame.
• Fit Frame to Content resizes the frame to the dimensions of
the placed content. Fitting proportionally places the entire image into the
• Fit Content to Frame resizes content to fit the dimensions frame; some areas of the frame might be empty.
of the container, even if that means scaling the content out of
proportion (stretched in one direction or another).
• Center Content centers content within its containing frame, but
neither the frame nor the content is resized.

Filling proportionally fills the frame;
some areas of the image might be cropped.

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