Default path word wrap.

[mojo_texas@adobeforums.com]

I use InDesign to letter comic books. I make circular paths as bubbles, and put the dialogue for the comic book in the bubble. This works fine, except that I want these bubbles to have a text wrap to keep the dialogue from touching the borders. I like to have a 0.0625 in inverted wrap around object shape. The problem is that I want that to be the default, every time I make a new bubble and it isn't. So, I have to lay down the bubbles, then go back and change the wrap. How can I make .o625 inverted wrap the default?

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

Are you using the bubbles as a text frames? Or are they separate items?

If they're the text frames then just set the inset in Text Frame Options.

Dave

[Guy_Smiley@adobeforums.com]

If you want to keep text *inside* a frame, then you don't want to use
text wrap--which is for keeping text *outside* a frame. Just make your
bubble a text frame, and then set your text inside it. If you right-
click on the frame and select "Text frame options" in the context menu,
you will get a dialog box that lets you set various options that
control how the text fills the frame.

[mojo_texas@adobeforums.com]

Yes, that looks good. Using the bubble as a text frame instead of having text on one layer and the bubble on the other.
Now, how do I make it so that when I make a new bubble, it has the same inset? I want to make the same kind of bubbles every time and not have to right click and change the text inset.

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

Set the text frame inset with nothing selected.

Dave

[Guy_Smiley@adobeforums.com]

[email]Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com[/email] wrote in news:3bb4b3a8.3
@webx.la2eafNXanI:

> Set the text frame inset with nothing selected.

Note that this will mean that if you subsequently create any text
frames in your document that aren't bubbles, you will still get this
same default inset.

A more general way to do this would be to make a library with a bubble
frame having the inset and other text frame options set how you like
them.

[Scott_Falkner@adobeforums.com]

Set the text frame inset with nothing selected.




Another, and possibly better, solution is to Option+drag an existing text bubble, whih will make an exacy copy. That way you'll have your fill and stroke colours, corner effects, text inset, and even text formatting already set up for you.