Quark to InDesignCS3 Conversion Guide - InDesign User Group

A
threaded text frames
A. In port at beginning of story
B. Out port indicating thread
to next frame
C. text thread
D. In port indicating thread
from previous frame
E. Out port with plus sign
indicating overset text
D
C
B
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E
Versatile Frames, Lively Layouts
Frames can help you create consistent structure across multiple pages in a
document or produce intricate design elements that add visual interest. In
InDesign, virtually any object can be used as a frame—rectangles, ellipses,
polygons, shapes created with the Pen or Pencil tool, open paths, even text
converted to paths. You can design frames and then place content into
them, or create frames as you place content. You can also modify the frame
shape after placing the content.
This page contains three examples that show how you can use frames in
your layouts. One shows a basic two-column layout with threaded text
frames. Another shows a mix of graphics and text frames used to set up a
template. The final one shows examples of using unusual shapes—a shape
drawn with the Pen tool and one created by converting text to a path—
as containers for text and graphics.
set up templates for using
graphics and text frames
as placeholders into which
content can be imported.
with InDesign, you can make
any object a frame, and you can
easily change the content of a
frame. 1a and 2a show frames
created with the Pen tool and
by converting text to a path.
In 1b and 2b, text and graphics
have been placed into the
resulting frames. In 1c and 2c,
the text and graphic content
has been switched.
1a
1b
1c
2a
2b
2c