Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 109)

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Type tools
Drawing tools
Selection tools
Transform tools
Navigation tools
The Scissors tool
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1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Interface (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Interface (Mac OS).
2. Choose a layout option from the Floating Tools Panel menu and click OK.
You can also click the double arrow icon at the top of the toolbox to change the toolbox layout.
Tools overview
Create and format type in standard or customized blocks or paths. (See Create text frames.)
Draw and style simple and complex objects, including rectangles, ellipses, polygons, freeform shapes. (See Drawing.)
Select (activate) objects, points, or lines. (See Selecting objects.)
Reshape, reorient, and resize objects. (See Transforming objects.)
Move around in, control the view of, and measure distances in a document. (See Zoom in and out and Rulers and
measurement units.)
Splits paths and frames. (See Split a path.)
Gallery of selection tools
Selection tool lets you select
entire objects. Direct Selection tool lets you
select points on a path or
contents within a frame. Page tool lets you create
multiple page sizes within a
document. Gap tool lets you adjust the
space between objects.
Gallery of drawing and type tools
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