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To create a new frame for the text, press Command (Mac OS) or Ctrl (Windows) while you click and drag to create a new frame.

When dragging and dropping text, you can create a new text frame or drop a copy of the text. Drag the text to a new location indicated by the insertion point, and release the mouse button to drop it. Then, point at the text with the mouse to display the drag-and-drop icon. To drag and drop text, first highlight it. To turn it on, open the Preferences dialog box, select the Type panel, and check Enable in Layout View in the Drag and Drop Text Editing Area. Drag and drop is on by default for text in the Story Editor but off for text in layouts. In addition, you can use the mouse to drag and drop text to different locations. When text is highlighted, you can use standard Edit menu commands to Cut, Copy, and Paste the text to different locations. Once text is highlighted, you can cut, copy, and paste the night away.

Click in the text and then Shift-click in another location-all the text is highlighted. InDesign also provides a nifty way to highlight a range of text starting from the insertion point to another point in text. When this is unchecked, clicking three times selects a paragraph (rather than four times). In the Type panel in the Preference dialog box, uncheck Triple Click to Select a Line. If you rarely select a single line but often select entire paragraphs, you can streamline the paragraph-selection process.

Cannot copy and paste text with indesign