Determine word and character counts, Adding text to frames, Add text to a document – Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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When you place text into a frame on a document page that is based on one of several threaded frames on a master
page, the text flows into just the frame you click. That’s because clicking the icon in the frame overrides only that
frame. However, when you hold down Shift as you click in a frame based on a master page so that text is auto-
flowed, InDesign overrides all the threaded text frames, flowing text into each and creating new pages as needed.
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When text is placed in a master text frame of a master page, these changes are not reflected in the document page
even if the text in the frame is edited on this page. Changes in fill, stroke, and stroke weight in the master text frame
are reflected in the document page (when these attributes are not overridden on the document page).
See also
“Override or detach master items” on page 67
Determine word and character counts
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Place the insertion point in a text frame to view counts for the entire thread of frames (the story), or select text to
view counts only for the selected text.
2
Choose Window > Info to display the Info panel.
The Info panel displays the number of characters, words, lines, and paragraphs in a text frame. The position of the
insertion point within the text frame also appears.
See also
“Info panel overview” on page 49
Adding text to frames
Add text to a document
Add text to a document by typing or by pasting or placing text from a word-processing application. If your word-
processing application supports drag-and-drop, you can also drag text into InDesign frames. For large blocks of text,
the Place command is an efficient, versatile way to add text to your document. InDesign supports a variety of word-
processing, spreadsheet, and text file formats.
When you place or paste text, you do not need to create a text frame first; InDesign will create one for you automat-
ically.
When you place text, you can select Show Import Options to determine whether the imported text maintains its
styles and formatting. Before you paste text, you can select All Information or Text Only under Clipboard Handling
Preferences to determine whether the pasted text includes additional information such as swatches and styles.
If the text you import into your document includes pink, green, or another color of highlighting, you likely have one
or more composition preference options turned on. Open the Composition section of the Preferences dialog box, and
notice which options are turned on under Highlight. For example, if the pasted text is formatted with fonts not available,
the text is highlighted in pink.