Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 385)

377 USING INDESIGN CS4
Graphics
Change the object library display
The object library displays objects as thumbnails or as a text list. You can sort the thumbnails or list by object name,
age, or type. The list view and sorting options work best if you’ve cataloged the objects.
❖ Do any of the following:
• To view objects as thumbnails, choose Thumbnail View or Large Thumbnail View from the Object Library
panel menu.
• To view objects as a text list, choose List View from the Object Library panel menu.
• To sort the objects, choose Sort Items from the Object Library panel menu, and choose a sort method.
View all objects
❖ Choose Show All in the Object Library panel menu.
View, add, or edit library information
With large or numerous object libraries, library information can be cataloged using the display objects’ names, by type
of object, or words in a description.
1 In the Object Library panel, do one of the following:
• Double-click any object.
• Select an object, and click the Library Item Information button.
• Select an object, and choose Item Information in the Object Library panel menu.
2 View or change the Item Name, Object Type, or Description options as necessary, and click OK.
Find objects in a library
When you search for objects, all objects except the results of your search are hidden from view. You can also use the
search feature to show and hide specific categories of objects. For example, you can display only object items with the
word “star” in their names.
1 Choose Show Subset in the Object Library panel menu, or click the Show Library Subset button.
2 Do one of the following:
• To search all objects in the library, select Search Entire Library.
• To search only within the objects currently listed in the library (refining a previous search), select Search Currently
Shown Items.
3 Choose a category in the first menu in the Parameters section.
4 In the second menu, specify whether the category you chose in the first menu must be contained in or excluded
from the search.
5 To the right of the second menu, type a word or phrase you want to search for within the category you specified.
6 To add search criteria, click More Choices up to five times; each click adds one search term. To remove search
criteria, click Fewer Choices as necessary; each click removes one search term.
7 To display only those objects that match all search criteria, select Match All. To display objects that match any of
the criteria, select Match Any One.
8 Click OK to begin the search.
To show all objects again, choose Show All in the Object Library panel menu.
Updated 18 June 2009