InDesign: Adding text

Using text tool

InDesign works best with text in blocks that can be moved around.

Choose the text tool from the left-hand menu. Use it to draw a box in your document. You’ll see a blinking cursor, and just start typing. You can also copy and paste from another document.

When text is selected, you’ll see style options appear in the top menu, or bring up options in Window > Type & Tables > Character OR Paragraph.

Connecting text boxes

Link text boxes when your text is too long for a single box (like columns).

To connect two (or more) text boxes, use the “out port.” This looks like either a blue arrow in an empty text box, or a red plus sign when there is too much text for the size of the text box. Link the first text box to another one by clicking the out port, then clicking the text box where you want the text to continue.