Body frame Tool

Use the text frame tool to draw a frame. Select the tool, or press the F key, and then, on the page, drag an area on the designated position. The frame will take the size of the entire area.

While the tool is active, the pointer looks like .

If you press and hold SHIFT before releasing the left mouse button, it creates a frame of headline type. Otherwise, it creates a frame of body type.

When you end dragging by a left click, it returns to the normal tool . To abort the creation of the object, press Esc before left click.

Note

Since the version 2.2, the text frame tools can apply a personalized default format to the new created frames. See Set custom default format for a frame.

See also

Add body frame as first

Body Circle Tool

Body Rounded Frame Tool

Head and  Body tool

Add headline on top of the body columns

Creating Page Objects