Adobe InDesign CS4 Classroom in a Book

Chapter 4. Working with Frames

Lesson Overview

In this introduction to working with frames, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Modify frames using the Selection and Direct Selection tools.

• Resize and reshape text and graphics frames.

• Distinguish between bounding boxes and their frames.

• Crop a graphic.

• Scale and move an image within a graphics frame.

• Convert a graphics frame to a text frame.

• Convert shapes from one type to another.

• Wrap text around an object.

• Create and rotate a polygon frame.

• Align graphic objects.

• Work with groups.

This lesson will take approximately 90 minutes.

InDesign frames can contain text, graphics, or color. As you work with frames, ...