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Applying basic text formatting

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Applying basic text formatting

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- [Instructor] We've seen how you can use the type tool to get text into InDesign and edit it. Now, I want to talk about text formatting. I have a magazine file open from my exercise files folder and I'm going to double click this frame over here on the right. When I double click, it switches to the type tool and places my cursor inside the frame. Now, I'll zoom into 200% by pressing Command + 2 on the Mac or Control + 2 on Windows. Let's select a little bit of text here. Now, I want to make sure the Control Panel is set to character formatting. I know it is because the first field in the upper left is the font field. I can change the font by clicking on this pop-up menu to the right and choosing a font here. In fact, you can see that if I hover just for a moment over a font in the list, it changes it on the page. This is just a preview. Also, if I click on the little triangle to the left of the font name, I can see…

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