Text objects let you place text in the workspace. A text object can hold as many paragraphs as you want and they can all have completely different display properties. These paragraphs and their properties present the contents of the text object.
Text objects should always be created in the maximum size you want, the object shrinks at print time to the required size. This behavior is particularly useful for linking objects.
In the paragraph properties dialog, you can edit the individual paragraphs that make up the text object and fill them with content.