Adding Frames in InDesign
Like most desktop publishing programs, Adobe InDesign uses boxes, called frames, to hold the content on each page of the document. Once created frames can be resized and arranged on the page and you can add or edit the content. You create text frames manually in InDesign with the Text tool, then type or copy and paste text into the frame. Graphics frames are automatically created when you import a graphic file into your InDesign document.
Open InDesign. Click “File,” then click “New” and click “Document.” Make adjustments to the size, orientation and margins of the new document and click “OK.”
Click the “Text” tool in the toolbar. Hover the mouse cursor over the page, left-click and hold while you drag to create the text frame. Click the “Selection” tool to drag the frame on the page for placement and to resize the frame with the sizing handles in the corners and on the sides of the frame.
Click “File,” then “Place.” Navigate through your file system to a graphic you want to add to your document. Double-click the graphic file and hover the mouse over the document. Left-click to create a graphic frame and place the graphic file in the frame. Click the “Selection” tool to drag the frame and place it on the page or click the sizing handles to resize the frame. If you want your graphic to fill the frame after resizing it, right-click inside the frame, click “Fitting” and click “Fit Content to Frame.” You can also click “Fit Frame to Content.”
- You can also draw a shape like an oval or rectangle with the “Shape” tool on the toolbar and when you use the “Place” command to import a graphic, it will automatically load into the shape. You can also use the shape as a text frame if you click the “Text” tool and click inside the shape.
- Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News/Getty Images