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Hi there!

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In this video we’re going to learn how to
auto-size our text frames to accommodate our

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text in InDesign, so let’s get started.

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Let’s grab the type tool, and make a text
box on the center of the image, and type in

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some text.

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Let’s select the text, and change the font
to Futura bold.

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Since our background is dark, let’s also
change the font color to white.

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Now let’s change the font size to 24 points.

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Actually we need it to be larger than this,
so let’s change it to 70 points.

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Now you can see that the text could not fit
into the text box we created, hence we could

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only see part of the text.

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To correct this, with the text box selected,
let’s go to object, and then ‘text frame

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options’, and from the popup menu, switch
to the ‘auto-size’ tab.

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Ensure that the preview box is checked, and
change the ‘auto-sizing’ option to ‘width

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only’.

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The alignment reference point is already selected
as center, so you can pick the center-left

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option to see how the text box reacts to it.

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I think the center reference point is perfect
for our text box here, so let’s change it

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back to center, and then hit okay.

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Now you see if I make a copy of this text
box, and then add some text to it, the text

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box will expand to accommodate our text, rather
than presenting the irritating red plus button

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at the bottom right corner of the text box.

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Let’s delete this text box.

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Using the type tool, let’s make another
text box here, and fill it with some placeholder

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text.

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Now since I do not see any overset text, or
the red plus button at the bottom right corner,

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let’s copy some text, and add to trigger
the overset text.

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Now that this text box has some overset text,
let’s go to object, and then text frame

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options, and from the popup menu, switch to
auto-size tab.

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This time from the ‘auto-sizing’ dropdown,
select ‘height only’ option, and you shall

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find the text box expanding to accommodate
the entire text.

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You can use the reference point to check which
one fits the document well, and I think for

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this one the one on top-center will work well.

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You can also click the bottom-center to see
how the text box reacts to it, and as you

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can see, it pushes the text box above, so
the most apt reference point to be used is

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the top-center one, and then hit okay.

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Alright guys!

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That concludes our session, and it’s time
for a short break, so I’m going to see you

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in the next one momentarily.

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Good bye!