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Palettes can be vertically docked to the left and right edges of the screen, and
docked palettes on screen edges form a group and can be moved as a group.
Docked palettes contain snaps giving a unified look to the application. In the
document window, the maximize/restore (+) button can be used to unsnap /
snap a window to the palettes. A splitter is added between the window and
palette edges so that resizing the palette also resizes the window.
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Due to its width, the horizontal Measurements palette can only be docked
horizontally to the upper or lower edge of the screen. The Tool palette can be
docked either vertically or horizontally. On macOS, you can dock the vertical
Measurements palette to left and right edge of the screen.
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(Mac OS X only) You can also hide groups of docked palettes by choosing
Window > Turn Hiding On.
Measuring Unit
Type
Arrow Keys
(up/down)
Arrow keys
(up/down) with Alt
key
Arrow keys (up/down)
with Shift key
Centimeters 1 cm 1 mm 5 cms
Ciceros 1 cicero
First decimal unit
by 1
5 cicero
Degrees 10 degrees 1 degree 25 degrees
Inches .25 inch .1 inch 1 inch
Inches Decimal 1 inch decimal No change No change
Picas 1 pica 1 pica point 5 picas
Millimeters 1 mm No change 10 mm
Points 1 pt .5 pt 5 pts
Number - used
for columns
1 No change No change
Percent - used
for color opacity
10% 1% 25%
Pixels 1 pixel No change 10 pixels
Q 1 Q No change 20 Qs