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PageMaker Element menu commands

Character mode (Window > Control)

available for the selected font. You
can also use Quick Apply.

Type > Expert Kerning

Type > Character or Control panel in
Character mode (Window > Control)

Expert kerning in PageMaker is similar
to optical kerning in InDesign.

Type > Horizontal Scale

Control panel in Character mode
(Window > Control)

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

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