: InDesign: Faster way to resize image in frame I'm using Adobe InDesign (CC 2014) to layout a photo book. I've created a frame, and placed an image inside it. I want to resize the image and

@Bryan765

I tried the 3 other answers, which are good, but here is a way which is even faster (for me):

After clicking on an image, click Auto-fit in the top bar, then "Content" and "Frame" will be automatically linked.

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@Turnbaugh909

I use:


Command/Ctrl+Option/Alt+Shift+E (fit to frame proportionately)
Command/Ctrl+Option/Alt+E (fill frame)
Command/Ctrl+Shift+E (Center in frame)


All these items can be found in the menu under Object > Fitting >

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@Murray976

To avoid mousing over to the toolbar, or having to press the A key to switch to the Direct Selection Tool, you can just click the target in the center of your placed image (appears when you float your mouse over it).
Then, as long as you have the content selected and not the frame (brown handles instead of blue), you can just drag the handles to scale the image inside the frame.

The content will automatically anchor to the reference point opposite the handle you select.
Hold Shift to scale proportionately, and hold Alt to force use of the content's center as the anchor point. Hold both Shift+Alt to scale proportionately from the content's center.
HT to Poorly Drawn Lines for the art.

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@Alves566

Yes, with the image selected within the frame, press s (for the scale tool), click once to set the origin, then click-drag holding shift to resize the image.

Or if your reference point (below) is set to the centre, you can skip straight to click-dragging.



When preceded by command Fill Frame Proportionally this workflow is quite efficient. More on fitting here.

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