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122 Allow text frame to resize with text

122 Allow text frame to resize with text - InDesign Tutorial

From the course: InDesign Secrets

122 Allow text frame to resize with text

There's something on the screen right now that is just really annoying. Just something inside this InDesign document that's driving me crazy. Can you see it? It's that little overset mark in the lower right corner of this text frame. Here it is. That red plus sign means that there's more text than can fit inside that frame. And sure, I know that I could drag one of these side or corner handles out to make it bigger. But come on InDesign, can't you just make the frame larger for me? Well, actually yes, yes it can. There are several ways that I can get InDesign to expand this frame for me. One is to go to the Object menu, come down to the Fitting submenu, and choose Fit Frame to Content. Or use the keyboard shortcut Cmd+Option+C or Ctrl+Alt+C on Windows. That makes this frame taller so that all the text fits into it perfectly. But I rarely use the menu or that keyboard shortcut anymore, because instead I use a double-click. Let's undo that with a Cmd+Z or Ctrl+Z on Windows and now if I…

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