1
00:00:00.05 --> 00:00:02.04
- [Instructor] In this movie,
I'll show you how to divide

2
00:00:02.04 --> 00:00:05.07
all of our text frames
into three columns a piece

3
00:00:05.07 --> 00:00:08.07
using the Area Type Options command.

4
00:00:08.07 --> 00:00:10.09
So the first thing I want you to do

5
00:00:10.09 --> 00:00:12.05
is click on the first art
board to make it active

6
00:00:12.05 --> 00:00:16.06
and then press Control A
or Command A on the Mac

7
00:00:16.06 --> 00:00:20.01
to select everything
across all three art boards

8
00:00:20.01 --> 00:00:23.07
and now press Control 0
or Command 0 on the Mac

9
00:00:23.07 --> 00:00:27.00
to zoom in on the first art board like so.

10
00:00:27.00 --> 00:00:29.09
Alright now with every one of
these text frames selected,

11
00:00:29.09 --> 00:00:32.05
you want to go up to the Type
menu and choose Area Type

12
00:00:32.05 --> 00:00:36.05
Options, now Area Type is
Illustrator's name for text

13
00:00:36.05 --> 00:00:40.07
inside of a frame and that
will go ahead and bring up

14
00:00:40.07 --> 00:00:42.05
this dialog box that we're seeing here.

15
00:00:42.05 --> 00:00:44.03
Now you have the option of
dividing the text into rows

16
00:00:44.03 --> 00:00:47.04
if you want, we're looking for
columns but you're not going

17
00:00:47.04 --> 00:00:49.07
to be able to see anything
happen until you turn on

18
00:00:49.07 --> 00:00:52.09
the Preview checkbox down
here in the lower left corner

19
00:00:52.09 --> 00:00:54.05
of the dialog box.

20
00:00:54.05 --> 00:00:57.08
Now click inside the number
option and press the up arrow

21
00:00:57.08 --> 00:01:01.01
key in order to increase
the number of columns to two

22
00:01:01.01 --> 00:01:03.07
and you'll see that you
now have two columns inside

23
00:01:03.07 --> 00:01:06.07
this frame, we want three so
take it up to three columns.

24
00:01:06.07 --> 00:01:11.02
And then we need to adjust
the gutter by clicking inside

25
00:01:11.02 --> 00:01:13.09
of that value and pressing
the down arrow key to reduce

26
00:01:13.09 --> 00:01:17.08
the size of the gutters between
the columns until the span

27
00:01:17.08 --> 00:01:22.08
value reconciles to 294
points and that happens when

28
00:01:22.08 --> 00:01:25.03
a gutter is 13 points wide.

29
00:01:25.03 --> 00:01:29.04
Now the span tells us the width
of each one of the columns

30
00:01:29.04 --> 00:01:32.05
you typically don't want to
mess with it unless you're

31
00:01:32.05 --> 00:01:35.06
going to go with a fixed
column size so if you were

32
00:01:35.06 --> 00:01:38.09
to turn on the fixed checkbox
right there, just note

33
00:01:38.09 --> 00:01:41.05
that this value says 294 by the way.

34
00:01:41.05 --> 00:01:44.01
If I were to click and hold
on this down pointing arrow

35
00:01:44.01 --> 00:01:46.09
right here, notice what
I'm doing is I'm reducing

36
00:01:46.09 --> 00:01:50.07
the size of the entire text
frame, so I'm making it

37
00:01:50.07 --> 00:01:53.03
narrower and this becomes
even more obvious if I click

38
00:01:53.03 --> 00:01:56.05
inside the value and press
Shift down arrow a few more

39
00:01:56.05 --> 00:02:00.04
times, see how I'm losing the
width of my columns, that is

40
00:02:00.04 --> 00:02:03.08
not something that I want, but
that is a function of having

41
00:02:03.08 --> 00:02:07.04
fixed turned on, if I now
turn fixed off, I'm basically

42
00:02:07.04 --> 00:02:09.04
stuck with what I've done
right here and I'm now going to

43
00:02:09.04 --> 00:02:13.04
work inside these narrower text frames.

44
00:02:13.04 --> 00:02:16.02
That's not what I want so I'm
going to cancel out in order

45
00:02:16.02 --> 00:02:19.03
to restore my original text
frames and now I'll go back

46
00:02:19.03 --> 00:02:22.03
to the Type menu and choose
Area Type Options so once

47
00:02:22.03 --> 00:02:26.02
again visit this dialog box,
I'm just going to change

48
00:02:26.02 --> 00:02:27.09
the number of columns to
three and I'm going to change

49
00:02:27.09 --> 00:02:31.02
the size of the gutter to 13
points because I know that

50
00:02:31.02 --> 00:02:36.00
gets us our nice 294 point
wide columns and then I'll turn

51
00:02:36.00 --> 00:02:38.03
the Preview checkbox
so I can see it happen

52
00:02:38.03 --> 00:02:39.04
in the background.

53
00:02:39.04 --> 00:02:42.05
At which point I'll go ahead
and click OK in order to accept

54
00:02:42.05 --> 00:02:46.06
that change and now if I go
up to the View menu and choose

55
00:02:46.06 --> 00:02:49.04
Fit All in Window or press
that keyboard shortcut

56
00:02:49.04 --> 00:02:53.01
of Control Alt 0 or Command
Option 0 on the Mac you can see

57
00:02:53.01 --> 00:02:55.08
that every one of my text
frames is now divided into three

58
00:02:55.08 --> 00:02:59.02
columns, now you don't need
to worry about the fact that

59
00:02:59.02 --> 00:03:01.07
the last text frame is now empty.

60
00:03:01.07 --> 00:03:04.06
They're still threaded
together so later when we make

61
00:03:04.06 --> 00:03:07.01
the text larger it will
automatically flow onto the third

62
00:03:07.01 --> 00:03:08.09
art board.

63
00:03:08.09 --> 00:03:12.00
Alright I'm going to press
Control 0 or Command 0 again

64
00:03:12.00 --> 00:03:16.01
in order to fit the first
art board on screen and I'm

65
00:03:16.01 --> 00:03:18.00
going to go ahead and zoom in
on it as well so that we can

66
00:03:18.00 --> 00:03:20.04
see the top left corner of this frame,

67
00:03:20.04 --> 00:03:23.04
and now I'm going to click
off the text to deselect it

68
00:03:23.04 --> 00:03:25.08
and just click on any one
of these lines of type here

69
00:03:25.08 --> 00:03:29.04
to select just the first text
frame the one on the first

70
00:03:29.04 --> 00:03:31.02
art board that is.

71
00:03:31.02 --> 00:03:34.07
Now I'd like to show you
the other options that are

72
00:03:34.07 --> 00:03:36.09
available to you inside
of that dialog box.

73
00:03:36.09 --> 00:03:38.09
I'm going to go up to the
Type menu and choose Area Type

74
00:03:38.09 --> 00:03:41.09
Options in order to bring
the dialog box up on screen

75
00:03:41.09 --> 00:03:44.02
and I'm going to turn
on the Preview checkbox.

76
00:03:44.02 --> 00:03:46.05
I want you to see this line
right here, why do you want

77
00:03:46.05 --> 00:03:47.05
water, he asked.

78
00:03:47.05 --> 00:03:50.02
The scarecrow is asking
Dorothy that because he doesn't

79
00:03:50.02 --> 00:03:52.01
actually need water to
survive, notice now if I change

80
00:03:52.01 --> 00:03:57.02
the number of rows to
four so that we have rows

81
00:03:57.02 --> 00:04:02.00
and columns, that we now have
this network of cells that

82
00:04:02.00 --> 00:04:03.02
we're seeing right here.

83
00:04:03.02 --> 00:04:05.07
So in other words the text
is flowing from this top left

84
00:04:05.07 --> 00:04:08.06
cell into the one directly
to the right of it.

85
00:04:08.06 --> 00:04:11.05
You see why do you want
water right there and that is

86
00:04:11.05 --> 00:04:14.01
a function of this text flow setting.

87
00:04:14.01 --> 00:04:17.03
If you want it to flow from
the top cell to the next one

88
00:04:17.03 --> 00:04:20.08
down then you would click
the second icon like so

89
00:04:20.08 --> 00:04:23.04
and then why do you want water
drops to the next cell down.

90
00:04:23.04 --> 00:04:27.00
Alright but I'm not really
looking for rows so I'm going to

91
00:04:27.00 --> 00:04:30.03
change that number value back
to one so that we get rid

92
00:04:30.03 --> 00:04:32.00
of the rows entirely.

93
00:04:32.00 --> 00:04:34.08
Right now notice this inset
spacing option if I click

94
00:04:34.08 --> 00:04:37.08
and hold on this little up
arrow icon, you can see that

95
00:04:37.08 --> 00:04:42.08
that insets the text within
the text frame and so that's

96
00:04:42.08 --> 00:04:45.02
another way to get a little
bit of an extra margin.

97
00:04:45.02 --> 00:04:48.03
I'm going to change that
value to zero however so I can

98
00:04:48.03 --> 00:04:52.02
demonstrate first baseline,
right now it's set to ascent

99
00:04:52.02 --> 00:04:55.01
so it means the tops of the
tallest letters are aligning

100
00:04:55.01 --> 00:04:58.02
to the top of the frame, but
I could change it to a bunch

101
00:04:58.02 --> 00:05:01.02
of different options
including x Height and that's

102
00:05:01.02 --> 00:05:04.01
going to scoot the
letters up so that the top

103
00:05:04.01 --> 00:05:08.00
of the lowercase letters are
aligned to the top of the frame

104
00:05:08.00 --> 00:05:11.07
you can also enter a specific
value, for example if I change

105
00:05:11.07 --> 00:05:15.00
this minimum value to 20
then that's going to drop

106
00:05:15.00 --> 00:05:18.02
the top of the lowercase
letters 20 points down from

107
00:05:18.02 --> 00:05:19.06
the top of the frame.

108
00:05:19.06 --> 00:05:23.01
And so why you would do that
totally up to you but I just

109
00:05:23.01 --> 00:05:25.02
want you to know these options are here.

110
00:05:25.02 --> 00:05:27.07
I don't want to make any of
these changes so I'm just

111
00:05:27.07 --> 00:05:30.00
going to go ahead and click
the Cancel button in order

112
00:05:30.00 --> 00:05:32.02
to escape that dialog box.

113
00:05:32.02 --> 00:05:35.02
And that's how you establish
a series of multi column text

114
00:05:35.02 --> 00:05:38.08
frames using the Area
Type options command here

115
00:05:38.08 --> 00:05:40.05
inside Illustrator.