The Frame Text Tool allows you to add a text frame which acts as a container for paragraph text.
Frame text is best suited to working with text which will be presented in paragraphs with a formalized structure and layout. If you want to present text in columns, frame text is the ideal solution.
Settings
The following settings can be adjusted from the context toolbar:
Font—sets the font of the text. Select from the pop-up menu.
Traits—certain fonts come with a selection of traits you can choose from. Select from the pop-up menu.
Font size—type directly in the text box or use the +/- buttons to set a value in 1 pt increments.
Font format—toggle Bold, Italic, and/or Underline.
Font Color—tap to choose the font color.
Character Style—applies a character style to the selected text. Select from the pop-up menu. From this option, you can also create a new character style or edit the currently selected one.
Paragraph Style—applies a paragraph style to the selected text or to the paragraph in which the caret currently resides. Select from the pop-up menu. From this option, you can also create a new paragraph style or edit the currently selected one.
Horizontal text alignment—select from:
Left Align
Center Align
Right Align
Justified Left
Justified Center
Justified Right
Justified All
Align Towards Spine
Align Away From Spine
Vertical text alignment—select from:
Top Align—sets the text alignment to adhere to the top margin.
Center Align—sets the text alignment to be equidistant from the top and bottom margins.
Bottom Align—sets the text alignment to adhere to the bottom margin.
Justify Vertically—sets the text alignment to both the top and bottom margins.
Bullet List—inserts a bulleted list.
Decimal List—inserts a numbered list based on decimals.
Decrease Indent—decreases the amount of indent at the start of text.
Increase Indent—increases the amount of indent at the start of text.
Case options—transforms the capitalization of the text to lower, upper, title or sentence case, or toggles the capitalization of each character.
The following settings can be adjusted from the on-screen keyboard's Shortcuts bar:
Text Insert—displays an on-screen keyboard layout from which you can insert various special characters (breaks, dashes, spaces, tabs, quotation marks, regular and mathematical symbols) and fields.