How To … Adjust Text

How To … Adjust Text

Creating a Text Frame

1. Click on the RECTANGLE FRAME TOOL.
2. Draw a box across the desired story space.
3. Click on the TYPE tool.
4. Click inside the box.
5. To fill with dummy text, go to the TYPE menu and select FILL WITH PLACEHOLDER TEXT.
6. To fill with real text, COPY the story you would like to place and choose EDIT and PASTE to put it inside the frame.

Adjusting Type

1. Once you have text placed inside a TEXT FRAME, make sure you have the TYPE tool selected, and click on the CHARACTER FORMATTING CONTROLS, which is in the upper- left-hand corner of your tool menu.
2. Using the FONT dropdown box, the first dropdown in the upper- left-hand corner of your tool menu, select a FONT.
3. Beneath the FONT dropdown box, select whether you would like your font to be italicized, bolded, etc.
4. To the right of the FONT dropdown box, select a FONT SIZE.
5. Beneath the FONT SIZE dropdown box, adjust your LEADING, which is the vertical space between lines of type.
6. To the right of the six “T” buttons, on the bottom, adjust your TRACKING, which is the horizontal space between letters.
7. Adjust the SET HEIGHT of your letters, which can be done using the dropdown box with the T and a vertical arrow next to it.
8. Adjust the SET WIDTH of your letters, which can be done using the dropdown box with the T and the horizontal arrow below it.



Adjusting Paragraphs

1. Once you are satisfied with the type you chose inside of your TEXT FRAME, make sure you have the TYPE tool selected, and click on the PARAGRAPH FORMATTING CONTROLS, which is in the lower- left-hand corner of your tool menu.
2. Choose an alignment for your text (for most page elements on a broadsheet, the recommendation is to JUSTIFY WITH LAST LINE ALIGNED LEFT), using any of the alignment buttons on the left-hand side of your tool menu.
3. Create an indentation for the first line in each paragraph using the FIRST LINE LEFT INDENT tool, which is to the right of your alignment tools on the bottom, (for body text 1p6 is recommended).
4. To create a DROP CAP, click on the DROP CAP tool, which is the third dropdown box from the left on the bottom of the tool bar. Type in a number of lines you would like for your first letter to drop.
5. To create COLUMNS, type a value into the COLUMNS tool, which is the dropdown box next to a long rectangle with two lines through it.
6. To align your text vertically inside of your box, click on the SELECTION tool.
7. Click on the box.
8. On the bottom right-hand side of your tool menu you will see the VERTICAL ALIGNMENT tools.