Using 'Drop Caps' in InDesign

I get the text I want to add the drop cap to. I open up the Paragraph toolbar so that I can access the drop cap function easily.

I select the text that I want the drop cap to effect. If I selected all of the text, then the drop cap would have fallen in the middle of all of the text as opposed to just the title which I wanted it to fall in.

After selecting the text, I then go to the Paragraph toolbar. I go to the drop cap button first - selecting 2 as I wanted my drop cap to be quite large. If I had just selected one, it would have only really filled out the top line, when I wanted it to overlap and fill both of the lines. However, when I first turned the dropcap up, it only made the number 2 bigger and not the bracket like I wanted it to. To change this, I went to the button next to the drop cap and turned it up to 2 - this allows you to choose how many letters you want to be dropped. If I had selected 3, it would have continued onto the L and if I had selected 4, it would have gone onto the E, etc.

All in all, creating drop caps in InDesign is very easy as long as you know what you are doing!