Pagemaker element menu commands – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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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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