Tools you’ll always use
Rectangular frame tool (rectangle with X through it)
- to create boxes (will lock to margins if you approach close enough)
Selection tool (black arrow)
- to choose and modify boxes (size, position, )
File>Place (or Apple-D)
- to put photo or story document into box
Direct selection tool (white arrow)
- to modify content in box (move photo within frame, )
Text tool (the letter T)
- to modify your text
Line tool (diagonal line)
- to create lines [hold shift key until you release mouse button to keep line straight]
Paragraph settings
- please refer to left for the settings we will use for this
Photo border settings
- please refer to bottom left for border settings
- bottom right is contains photo modification tools
- you can show the whole photo in the frame
- or you can fill the frame with your photo
- and then you can fit the frame to the photo
Jacky Chou is an electrical engineer turned marketer. He is the founder of Indexsy, Far & Away, Laurel & Wolf, a couple FBA businesses , and about 40 affiliate sites. He is a proud native of Vancouver, BC, who has been featured on Entrepreneur.com, Forbes, Oberlo and GoDaddy.