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4. 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 other (You can apply a stroke
font; you will change it shortly. to type, but you should
be very careful when you
do to avoid destroying the
letter shapes.)

5. 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.

6. In the Control 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
Some attributes of a type frame are no different than a graphics frame. You can change
the position and size (based on the selected reference point) using the fields on the left
end of the Control panel.

Most Control panel options When the frame is selected,
for a type frame are the these options define the
same as for any other frame. color attributes of the frame.

The Selection
tool is active.

7. Choose the Type tool, and click inside the repositioned text frame to place Note:
the insertion point.
When a type frame is
8. Choose Edit>Select All to select all of the text in the frame. selected with the Selection
tool, you can double-click
Character formatting such as the font, style, size, and fill color apply only to selected
characters. inside the frame to place
the insertion point inside
that frame. The Type tool
automatically becomes
active.

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