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How to Quickly Center a Text Frame in InDesign

Community Beginner ,
Aug 05, 2024 Aug 05, 2024

Hey guys, I can't seem to center this text frame in the middle of the white space in a matter of 1/2 clicks.

So I have been creating a box as wide as the white space and align the text box with that wider box, and I can't help to think there might be a better option then what I have been doing.

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Community Expert , Aug 05, 2024 Aug 05, 2024

I would make the text frame containing the text as wide as the white area and use the left/right indents.

 

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Community Expert , Aug 05, 2024 Aug 05, 2024

Hi @Werksmikkel:

 

Indents on the paragraph style as per Dave or L/R text frame insets (which can be saved as an object style). But either way, set the frame width to match the white space area, and then save your formatting as a style so that the subsequent captions take care of this for you. 

 

~Barb

 

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Community Expert ,
Aug 05, 2024 Aug 05, 2024

I would make the text frame containing the text as wide as the white area and use the left/right indents.

 

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Community Expert ,
Aug 05, 2024 Aug 05, 2024

Hi @Werksmikkel:

 

Indents on the paragraph style as per Dave or L/R text frame insets (which can be saved as an object style). But either way, set the frame width to match the white space area, and then save your formatting as a style so that the subsequent captions take care of this for you. 

 

~Barb

 

2024-08-05_09-02-15 (1).gif

 

 

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LEGEND ,
Aug 05, 2024 Aug 05, 2024
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@Werksmikkel

 

Or you can make your TextFrame as side as the white space - then select center point in Transformation / Control panel - and either type destination Width - you can type "33%" if you wish - or just narrow it step-by-step.

 

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