Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 637)

INDESIGN CS3
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PageMaker Element menu commands
PageMaker command InDesign equivalent Additional information
Element > Fill Window > Swatches or Window > Color InDesign does not support patterned fills.
The Swatches panel in InDesign is equiva-
lent 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 > Swatches, Window > Stroke, and
Window > 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 subcommands on the Object > Fitting
menu to fit content to a frame (or vice
versa).
Element > Frame > Change To Frame Object > Content > [content type]
Element > Frame > Next Frame View > Show Text Threads
Element > Frame > Previous Frame View > Show Text Threads
Element > Frame > Remove From Threads Double-click the in port or out port to break
a thread.
Element > Frame > Delete Content Select content in the frame, and then press
Delete. Select text with the Type tool. Select
graphics with the Direct Selection tool.
Element > Arrange Object > Arrange
Element > Align Objects (Windows) or
Element > Align (Mac OS) Window > Object & Layout > Align
Element > Text Wrap Window > Text Wrap
Element > Group Object > Group
Element > Ungroup Object > Ungroup
Element > Lock Position Object > Lock Position
Element > Unlock Object > Unlock Position
Element > Mask Object > Clipping Path You can also mask a graphic by creating the
masking shape, copying the image you
want to mask, and then pasting it into the
shape (Edit > Paste Into), or by adjusting its
graphics frame.
Element > Unmask Object > Clipping Path See note above.