Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 91)

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Workspace and workflow
Last updated 6/6/2015
PageMaker Element menu commands
Type > Character Type > Character
Type > Paragraph Type > Paragraph
Type > Indents/Tabs Type > Tabs
Type > Hyphenation Type > Paragraph Choose Hyphenation from the Paragraph
panel menu.
Type > Alignment Type > Paragraph or Control panel in
Paragraph mode (Window > Control)
Type > Style Type > Paragraph Styles or Type > Character
Styles InDesign supports both paragraph and
character styles.
Type > Define Styles Type > Paragraph Styles or Type > Character
Styles Choose New Paragraph Style in the Paragraph
Styles panel to create a paragraph style.
Choose New Character Style in the Character
Styles panel to create a character style.
PageMaker command InDesign equivalent Additional information
Element > Fill Window > Color > Swatches or Window >
Color > Color InDesign does not support patterned fills. The
Swatches panel in InDesign is equivalent to
the Colors palette in PageMaker.
Element > Stroke Window > Stroke Choose a stroke style in the Stroke panel or
define a custom stroke style.
Element > Fill And Stroke Window > Color > Swatches, Window >
Stroke, and Window > Output > Attributes Create tints using the Swatches panel. Specify
overprinting in the Attributes panel.
Element > Frame > Attach Content No equivalent InDesign automatically creates a frame for
text files or graphics you import. To paste
content into an existing frame, select the
frame, and then place or paste the content
into it.
Element > Frame > Frame Options Object > Text Frame Options (text frames
only) or Object > Fitting For text frames, specify columns, vertical
alignment, and inset spacing in the Text
Frame Options dialog box. Set horizontal
alignment in the Paragraph panel (Type >
Paragraph). For graphics and text frames, use
subcommands on the Object > Fitting menu
to fit content to a frame (or vice versa).
Element > Frame > Change To Frame Object > Content > [content type]
Element > Frame > Next Frame View > Extras > Show Text Threads
Element > Frame > Previous Frame View > Extras > Show Text Threads
Element > Frame > Remove From Threads Double-click the in port or out port to break a
thread.
Element > Frame > Delete Content Select content in the frame, and then press
Delete. Select text with the Type tool. Select graphics
with the Direct Selection tool.
Element > Arrange Object > Arrange
Element > Align Objects (Windows) or
Element > Align (Mac OS) Window > Object & Layout > Align
PageMaker command InDesign equivalent Additional information