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To create an empty text frame:
Using the type tool
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.
Dragging to create new text frame
Clicking the type tool inside any empty frame or path converts that path or frame to a
text frame.
To type text into a document:
1 Using the type tool , drag to create a new text frame, or click in an existing text frame.
2 Begin typing.
If you created a text frame on a master page, hold down Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or
Command+Shift (Mac OS) as you click in the frame on your document page. You can then
use the type tool to add text to the selected frame.
Pasting text
You can paste text from an InDesign document or from another application, such as a text
editor or word-processing application. When you paste text from another application,
InDesign preserves formatting attributes and adds any styles used to format the text to
the Paragraph Styles palette. If the pasted text is formatted with fonts not available in
InDesign, the text is highlighted as a missing font; see
page 125.
When you drag text into InDesign from another application, InDesign attempts to
preserve as much formatting as possible, and it converts unavailable fonts.
To paste text into a document:
1 Cut or copy text in another application or in an InDesign document.
2 If you like, select text or click in a text frame. Otherwise, the text will be pasted into its
own new frame.
3 Choose Edit > Paste.
To paste text from another application using the drag-and-drop technique:
1 Select text in an application that lets you drag and drop text.
2 Drag the selection into an InDesign document.
InDesign adds the copied text to a new text frame.
You can also drag a text file or word-processing file into your InDesign document
directly from Windows Explorer or Mac OS Finder. The text will be added to a
new frame.
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