How to Work With Text Columns in InDesign
Learn how to set up multi-column text frames in InDesign and even span text (such as a headline paragraph) across all the columns.
In this InDesign how-to video, Khara Plicanic demos how easy it is to set up text in columns. She quickly shows how having a multi-column frame is often a better option than a series of single-column frames. Khara then explains how to run paragraphs—like a headline—across multiple columns. She even gives a clever way to remember the Text Frame Options keyboard shortcut!
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on September 4, 2024
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