In addition, if you allow it to scale in both height and width, the text frame will keep its proportions as it changes size. You can even control whether lines of text are allowed to break—essentially, this controls whether the text will wrap to a new line or the text frame will widen to accommodate new text, until it reaches the edge of the pasteboard.

Working with text frames is also more efficient than before. For example, a text frame containing multiple columns can now automatically add or remove columns when you resize the frame. You specify a maximum column width, and if the columns grow wider than that, InDesign creates a new column. You can also add this setting to an Object Style, to apply it to multiple text frames.

Also, if you’re fond of double-clicking the bottom handle of a text frame to auto-fit the text, you’ll love that Adobe has expanded this feature. Instead of working only on simple rectangular text frames, it now works on multi-column text frames, threaded text frames, and oddly-shaped text frames, even if another object is causing text wrap in the frame.

When creating a new document, there is now an option for a Primary Text Frame. This allows you to choose one text frame on the Master page that you can fill with text on the document pages, without having to first override that frame. It’s incredibly helpful for setting up a long document that has text flowing from page to page, and even more helpful when changing the Master page assigned to a document page (for example, when changing page size and orientation in a digital publishing document). If you used a Primary Text Frame when you originally created the layout, the Primary Text Frame simply changes from its old shape and location to the new one.