Changing the horizontal alignment of text in text frames

You can change the horizontal alignment of any text style in text frames, independently of the paragraph style for that text.

If you change the alignment of text in text frames on master pages, the horizontal alignment of text is changed on all pages that use those master page formats.

Note

Changes to text in text frames on master pages cannot be reset.

If you change the alignment of text in text frames on individual pages, this change is independent of the paragraph style for that text and also independent of the master page format. You can later remove any overrides made on individual pages and revert them to the master page format.

Note

Removing overrides removes all changes made to individual pages, not just changes to the alignment of text in text frames.

Procedure

  1. Optional: If you want to change the horizontal alignment of text on a master page, open the master page editor.
  2. Open the text editor for text frame in which you want to change the horizontal alignment of text in any of the following ways:

    • Activate Frames in the Formatting panel, select the text frame, and press Return.

    • Double-click within the text frame.

  3. Select the text in the text frame whose horizontal alignment you want to change.
    Tip

    You can apply different paragraph styles to separate paragraphs in the same text frame.

  4. Choose one of the following horizontal alignments in the text editor:

    • Align Left

    • Align Center

    • Align Right

    • Justify

  5. Close the text editor in any of the following ways:

    • Press Esc or Ctrl/Cmd-Return.

    • Click outside of the text editor.

Result

The horizontal alignment of the selected text is changed.

Note

You can change the horizontal alignment of text styles project-wide in the Paragraph Styles dialog.