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KeyBoard shortCuts

Application Frame

Exclusive to the Mac version of InDesign, owing to the differences in the way Mac and Windows

handle application and document windows, is the option to attach all the panels and toolbars to

a document window.

Normally on a Mac, the Application bar and Control panel are docked directly beneath the

menu bar; the Tools panel is docked to one side of the screen; and other panels are docked to the

other side of the screen. Document windows are their own constructs that can be moved and

resized without affecting the positioning on these other elements. To facilitate multiple-applica-

tion workﬂows, however, you can invert the behavior that treats toolbars and panels as applica-

tion—or screen—afﬁxed objects and make them part of the document window (see Figure 1.10).

Choosing the Application Frame command at the bottom of the Window menu sticks panels

and toolbars to the document window, enabling you to resize and reposition your work area,

which makes switching back and forth between InDesign and another application easier. Note

that Illustrator and Photoshop CS4 and CS5 have similar commands to ease all sides of a back-

and-forth with InDesign.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Somebody far back in time invented computer keyboard shortcuts, the ability to press a few

keys simultaneously to produce the same effect as, and in lieu of, reaching for the mouse and

navigating a menu. I don’t know who came up with the idea of keyboard shortcuts—I think it

was Cro-Magnon man, but there’s a strong case being built that it might have been the newly

discovered Ardipithecus Ramidus (“Ardi”). Whomever it was should have a statue erected in

his honor. Maybe there already is; I haven’t visited the Smithsonian in a few years.

Figure 1.10

Panels and tool-

bars afﬁxed to

the document

window via the

Application

Frame com-

mand

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