

So it doesn't really matter which I choose. In this case, I only have two columns in the text frame. And then we can control how many columns this text should span.

Now inside this dialog box, you can see you have several options, single column, which is what we have right now, or span or even split, let's choose span. Open up the control panel menu, and then come down here to choose span columns. Unfortunately, I don't see it up here, because my screen isn't wide enough right now. And I want to look over here on the right side for something called span columns. Now up in the control panel, I'll switch to the paragraph formatting mode. And I'm going to select both of these first two paragraphs. I'll double click inside this text frame to switch to the Type tool. Now, we could cut that paragraph out and put it into a different text frame, when that's only a single column wide, but there's a much easier way to do it.

That is I want this paragraph to span across both of those columns.

But this heading at the top should only be one. And then I'll go to the Object menu and choose Text Frame Options. For example, let's select this frame over on the right. ► This was a quick taste of the purpose of InDesign click here to Learn how to use the basic tools within Adobe InDesign.- We'll look at how to split text frames into multiple columns in an earlier chapter. These features will not be found in Illustrator and Photoshop which is why it is crucial that you are using InDesign for your deliverable products. The key to using Adobe InDesign correctly is taking advantage of all the layout features, text editing capabilities, and formatting tricks.
