Frame text

Using the Frame Text Tool, frame text can be created within rectangular (or square) frames or within any curve or closed shape. The text frames you create can be moved or resized using the Frame Text Tool.

By clicking in the drawn frame and then typing, you're able to fill the frame with frame text. If excess text overflows the bottom of the frame, you can resolve this by:

Making the text frame larger
Reducing the text's font size
Adding an additional text frame, linked to the overflowing text frame, to contain the overflowing text.

The tool's context toolbar lets you choose frame text properties and some basic frame setup details (e.g., number of columns). For more advanced frame setup, you can use the Text Frame panel.

Icons around the text frame indicate whether the frame is filled, linked, and whether text within the frame is overflowing or hidden.

Icon	Description
	The frame is unlinked.
	The frame is linked.
	The frame is linked to a frame that has overflowing text.
	There is hidden overflowing text in the frame.
	The overflowing text in the frame is visible.
	The text in the deselected text frame is overflowing.

To create frame text:

From the Tools panel, select the Frame Text Tool:

Drag on the page. This sets the initial size of the text frame.
(Optional) Set up your columns and gutter width from the context toolbar.
Do one of the following:
- Type your text.
- Paste (V) previously copied text.
- For importing and placing text, from the File menu, select Place. In the pop-up dialog, navigate to and select a file, and click Open.

To create a text frame from curves/shapes:

Select a previously drawn curve or shape.
From the Tools panel, select the Frame Text Tool.
Position the cursor close to the curve or within the shape.

The cursor will change to indicate that shaped frame text will be created.
Click to convert the curve or shape to a shaped text frame.
Type your text.

To convert frame text to artistic text:

With the frame text selected:

Select Layer>Convert to Art Text.

The artistic text may flow differently than the original frame text due to inherent differences between the two object types. Formatting applied to text ranges, such as horizontal alignment, is retained after conversion but may not be discernible in your design, e.g. an artistic text object is only as wide as its longest line of text.

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