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Spanning and splitting paragraphs

Spanning and splitting paragraphs - InDesign Tutorial

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Spanning and splitting paragraphs

- [Instructor] We looked at how to split text frames into multiple columns in an earlier chapter. For example, let's select this frame over on the right and then I'll go to the Object menu and choose Text Frame Options. Let's set this to two columns. So, great. Now we have two columns. But this heading at the top should only be one. That is, I want this paragraph to span across both of those columns. Now, we could cut that paragraph out and put it into a different text frame, one that's only a single column wide. But there's a much easier way to do it. I'll double-click inside this text frame to switch to the Type tool. And I'm going to select both of these first two paragraphs. Now up in the Control Panel I'll switch to the Paragraph Formatting Mode. And I want to look over here on the right side for something called Span Columns. Unfortunately I don't see it up here because my screen isn't wide enough right now.…

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