Use your Select tool, which is located in your Tools panel, to click on the items you wish to align. To select multiple items, press and hold your control key as you click each item. If your document does not contain any items, create or import them now.![Vertical text direction indesign Vertical text direction indesign](/uploads/1/2/5/6/125603565/231010389.png)
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- To import a photo, click File>Place from InDesign's Control panel. Navigate to the picture file you would like to import and double click the file name. Move your cursor to the location or frame where you want to place your picture and click your mouse. Adjust the size of your picture by selecting the picture using your Select tool and dragging a handle while holding the Control and Shift keys. This will adjust the picture's size proportionally. You may also enter precise values for the picture's height and width in the Height and Width fields located in the Control panel.
- To create another type of object, select the Line, Ellipse, Rectangle or Polygon tool from InDesign's Tools panel. Click the location in your document where you would like your shape to appear. Click then drag your mouse to draw your desired shape. With your newly drawn object still selected, click on your Swatches panel, which is located at the right-hand side of your workspace. Select the Fill box and then click a color for your object. To add a border to your object, select the Stroke box on InDesign's Swatches panel and click a color for your object's border.
- To import text, create a text frame using your Text tool, which is located in InDesign's Tools panel. With your Text tool still selected, click within the text frame and begin typing your text.
- You may also import text from an existing word processing document by selecting File>Place, navigating to the file you wish to import and double clicking the file name. A loaded cursor will appear. Move your mouse to the location where you want your text to appear and click to place the text. Large amounts of text may need to be threaded across multiple text frames. Do this by clicking the red plus sign in the right, bottom corner of your text frame, navigating to the new page or column where you want to place your text and clicking your mouse. Repeat this step until all your text is placed.
To switch the text to a vertical orientation, head up to Type on the top menu and choose Type on a Path Options. Under Effect, choose Stair Step. From the Align options choose Center. Click OK to exit the window. Now your text is aligned vertically you can tweak the formatting to suit your layout.
- [Voiceover] As well as the horizontal alignment…of your text, InDesign also has…options for its vertical alignment.…These are found under the object menu…in the text frame options style up box,…keyboard shortcut command or control B.…The default is to align to the top.…(clicking)…Also in the text frame options…are your first baseline offset options.…These determine the start position…of the type in the text frame.…
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Rarely is there a reason to change…from the default of ascent,…especially because using a baseline grid…overrides these options,…effectively giving the same result as the letting option.…It's important to note that there will be…a small amount of space between the top of the text frame…and the top of the first line of type.…So if you're aligning an element relative to the text,…make sure that you align it to the top of the caps…rather than to the top of the text frame.…
And an easy way to do that is to draw down a guide…to the top of the caps and then any element…aligned next to that text frame should align to that guide.…