The Text and Frame Handles viewpreferences panels contain a series of options to determine the behavior and handling

of (text)frames when editing stories.

Text View Preferences panel:

Select Text of new frames : enables editing mode when a new frame is created
Use text cursor by default : switches to text-editing tool when hovering over a text frame
Render texts during manual resize/move actions :
Show Hidden Characters : shows hidden story editor characters
Show Missing Characters (Font) : indicates where missing font characters are placed
Create Bullet Lists :
Superscript Ordinals :
View source on variable frames : shows source text of variables
Show tab ruler : shows inline text tab ruler above frame
Default placeholder text : standard Lorem ipsum for dummy text
Apply placeholder on new frames : fills new text frames with placeholder text

Frame handles View preferences panel:

Arrow key increments : incremental stepsize when using the arrow keys to move frames
Show move handle : shows the move handle at the top left frame corner, click on it to move the frame.
Show move handle during text edit : shows the move handle when in text editing mode.
Transparent selection : selects underlying object when clicking an empty area of an object above it

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