InDesign CS6: Visual QuickStart Guide

3. Basic Text

In This Chapter

Creating Text Frames

Typing Text

Selecting Text

Moving and Deleting Text

Using the Character Panel

Setting the Typeface and Point Size

Styling Text

Setting Line and Character Spacing

Applying Text Distortions

Setting the Language

Applying Paragraph Formatting

Setting Alignment and Indents

Bullets and Numbering

Setting Paragraph Effects

Working with Hidden Characters

Using the Glyphs Panel

Working with Text Flow

Setting Text Frame General Controls

Spanning and Splitting Columns

Using the Control Panel for Text

Using Special Text Characters

When I started in advertising, back in the late seventies, setting type was a complicated process. First, the writer typed out the text on paper. The art director or typographer ...