The Type tool: Alt+Shift+F1

Different methods to create a Text Object:

Click with Type tool within column guides or pasteboard

(or)

Drag with Type tool to specify width of text object

(or)

press ctrl+E (EditàEdit story), type your text, press ctrl+E, then place your text object at your required place

The story is the nothing but the inside text of a text object.

Editing Text object:

click inside text object with type tool

(or)

select text object with pointer and press Ctrl+E

Come out from text editing mode: activate pointer tool

Paste a cut/copied text multiple times in the text object:

1. Select an object or text and cut/copy it
2. Edit menuàPaste Multiple
3. Enter number of copies to be pasted for text

Enter Horizontal and Vertical Offset along with number of copies for an object