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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 the magazine file open from my Exercise Files folder, and I'm going to double-click on this frame over here to place the text cursor into this paragraph. Then I'll zoom in and center that at 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. That's this little A button up in the upper left corner. When that selected, then the first item in the Control panel is the Font menu, and I can change that by clicking on this little popup menu. I can choose any one I want. Notice that when I hover over a font, it changes it on my page. You can also click these little twirly triangles to see the font styles inside those fonts. I'll go ahead and click this Marker Felt Thin. Now, the first thing I'll notice is that the font…

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