Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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One of the most essential skills to master in Adobe InDesign is working with paragraphs.

InDesign is built to make your text look incredible, and paragraphs are where the real magic happens to bring your content to life to guide your readers through your design.

In this video, we're diving into the powerful tools InDesign offers for managing and formatting paragraphs.

We’ll be exploring everything from alignment and spacing to advanced text styles to give your layout a professional edge.

We’re about to dive into a collection of tips that will take your design skills to the next level.

So get comfortable and let’s jump into Indesign and check it out

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TOPICS COVERED:

00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:40 Paragraph Overview
00:01:24 Open Worksheet
00:02:42 Paragraph Panels In Adobe InDesign
00:03:07 Text Frame In Adobe InDesign
00:03:45 Fill With Placeholder Type In Adobe InDesign
00:04:13 Hyphenation In Adobe InDesign
00:06:04 Paragraph Alignment In Adobe InDesign
00:06:48 Duplicate Paragraph Frame In Adobe InDesign
00:07:09 Justifying Paragraph type In Adobe InDesign
00:07:33 Drop Cap In Adobe InDesign
00:08:20 Paragraph Spacing In Adobe InDesign
00:09:46 Show Hidden Characters In Adobe InDesign
00:10:54 Hard Return & Line Breaks In Adobe InDesign
00:12:06 Overset Type In Adobe InDesign
00:12:44 Auto Size text Frame In Adobe InDesign
00:14:01 Space Around Text in a Frame In Adobe InDesign
00:14:57 Indentation In Adobe InDesign
00:15:45 Paragraph Tracking In Adobe InDesign
00:16:04 Paragraph Leading In Adobe InDesign
00:16:39 Paragraph Threading Text In Adobe InDesign
00:20:03 Insert Column Break In Adobe InDesign
00:21:12 Multiple Columns In One Frame In Adobe InDesign
00:22:09 Balance Paragraph Text In Columns In a Frame In Adobe InDesign
00:22:43 Spanning Paragraph Text Across Multiple Columns In Adobe InDesign
00:25:40 Diagonal Paragraphs In Adobe InDesign
00:26:57 Align Paragraph Text To Baseline Grid In Adobe InDesign
00:28:24 Highlight Text Effect In Adobe InDesign



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