How Do I Do That In InDesign?

Insert Placeholder Text?

Sometimes you need to use placeholder text so you can get a sense of how your layout will look with text in it. The industry standard, and InDesign default, is good old lorem ipsum. To use placeholder text in a document, all you need to do is create a text frame and go to Type > Fill with Placeholder Text.

TIP: CHANGE THE DEFAULT PLACEHOLDER TEXT

Lorem ipsum is boring. But are we stuck with it? No! We can replace it with any text. There are websites where you can get alternative types of placeholder text, such as:

• http://www.cheeseipsum.co.uk ...