Creating text and picture boxes
There are three ways to create boxes:
- To create a no-content box (a box that can be changed into a picture box or a text box), click and drag with the Rectangle Box tool
, the Oval Box tool 
, or the Starburst tool 
. You can declare text content by pressing T as you draw a no-content box. You can declare picture content by pressing R as you draw a no-content box.
- To create a rectangular text or picture box, click and drag with the Text Content tool
or Picture Content tool 
.
- To create a Bézier box, use the Bézier pen tool
. For more information, see “Creating Bézier boxes.”
Note: To constrain rectangular boxes to squares and oval boxes to circles, press Shift while you drag.
You can create boxes with the following tools:
To change a no-content box into a text box, press Command+E/Alt+E and import a text file.
To change a no-content box into a picture box, press Command+E/Alt+E and import a picture file.
You can change the corner type of rectangular boxes to rounded, concave, and beveled corners using the Item > Shape submenu or the Corner Style drop-down menu in the Measurements palette. You can add and alter rounded corners by entering values in the Corner Radius field (Item > Modify > Box tab). You can also use the Box Corner Radius field in the Classic or Space/Align tab of the Measurements palette.
Parent topic: Working with boxes