Typing Text

The two most important parts of working with text are typing the text and then selecting it to make changes.

To type text:

1.	Click with the Type tool in a frame.
2.	Begin typing.
3.	Press Return to begin a new paragraph. or Press Shift-Return to begin a new line without starting a new paragraph. Tip InDesign automatically wraps text within the text frame. Tip If the text frame is too small to display all the text, an overflow symbol appears . You can reshape the frame (see page 90) or flow the text into a new frame (see page 75) to eliminate the overflow. The overflow symbol indicates that there is more text than will fit in the frame.

To add text into a passage you have already typed, you move the insertion point to where you want to place the new material. The point blinks to help you find it .

The blinking insertion point indicates where text will be added.

To move the insertion point:

1.	Position the Type tool cursor where you want the insertion point.
2.	Click to set the insertion point.

To move the point using the keyboard:

1.	Use the arrow keys to move the insertion point left or right one character at a time or up and down one line at a time.
2.	Use the Cmd/Ctrl key with the arrow keys to move the insertion point one word or one paragraph at a time.