Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 683)

675 USING INDESIGN CS4
Comparison of PageMaker and InDesign menus
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 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 > 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.
Element > Image > Image Control No equivalent Use the Edit Original command to change image
control settings in the original application.
Element > Image > CMS Source Object > Image Color Settings
Element > Image > Photoshop Effects Object > Effects
Updated 18 June 2009