Customize menus and keyboard shortcuts, Customize menus, Create a custom menu set – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual

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Last updated 11/16/2011

Open Documents As Tabs

When this option is deselected, documents you create or open appear as floating windows

rather than tabbed windows.

Enable Floating Document Window Docking

If this option is selected, you can dock floating documents with each

other as tabbed windows. If this option is deselected, floating document windows aren’t docked with other document
windows, unless you hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) while dragging.

Hand Tool

To control whether to greek text and images when you scroll a document, drag the Hand Tool slider to the

desired level of performance versus quality.

Live Screen Drawing

Select an option to determine whether the image redraws as you drag an object. If Immediate is

selected, the image redraws while you drag. If Never is selected, dragging an image moves only the frame, and then
image is moved when you release the mouse button. If Delayed is selected, the image redraws only if you pause before
dragging. Delayed offers the same behavior as in InDesign CS4.

Customize menus and keyboard shortcuts

Customize menus

Hiding and colorizing menu commands is a way to remove menu clutter and emphasize commands you frequently
use. Note that hiding menu commands simply removes the menu command from view; it doesn’t disable any features.
At any time, you can view hidden commands by selecting the Show All Menu Items command at the bottom of a menu,
or you can choose Window

> Workspace > Show Full Menus to show all the menus for the selected workspace. You

can include customized menus in workspaces you save.

You can customize the main menu, context menus, and panel menus. Context menus appear when you right-click
(Windows) or Control-click (Mac

OS) an area. Panel menus appear when you click the icon in the upper right of a

panel.

Note: If you select a different workspace, such as Getting Started, some menu commands are hidden. To display menu
commands, choose Show All Menu Items at the bottom of the menu, or choose a different workspace, such as Advanced.

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Create a custom menu set

1 Choose Edit > Menus.

You cannot edit the default menu set.

2 Click Save As, type the name of the menu set, and click OK.

3 From the Category menu, choose Application Menus or Context & Panel Menus to determine which menus are

customized.

4 Click the arrows to the left of the menu categories to display subcategories or menu commands. For each command

you want to customize, click the eye icon under Visibility to show or hide the command; click None under Color
to select a color from the menu.