Datasheet

30
Part I: Before You Begin
Surveying the Menus
Although InDesign relies heavily on its panels to present its rich capabilities,
it also uses traditional menus. In some cases, you can use menus instead of
panels; in others, you must use a menu command; in still others, you must
use a panel (such as for the data merge and object alignment features).
InDesign for Windows has nine menus, while InDesign for Macintosh has ten:
 InDesign (Macintosh only): This menu contains the Preferences menu,
where you set much of InDesign’s behavioral defaults. You can also con-
figure plug-ins here. Other functions are standard for all Mac programs,
including hiding and quitting the program. Note that none of these menu
items’ functions are available in panels.
 File: This menu is where you open, create, close, save, export, and set
up documents and books; where you import text and graphics; where
you print documents and prepare them for commercial printing; and
where you set basic user information. Note that none of these menu
items’ functions are available in panels, except for the Preflight feature.
 Edit: This menu lets you cut, copy, and paste elements; edit, spell-check,
and do search-and-replace operations across entire stories and set up
story for the InCopy add-on program; adjust and manage color settings;
set up and change keyboard shortcuts and menu preferences; apply
various styles to selected objects and text; and undo and redo recent
actions. In Windows, you also set preferences and quit the program
from this menu. Note that these menu items’ functions, except for Quick
Apply, aren’t available in panels.
 Layout: With this menu, you add, delete, rearrange, and navigate pages;
change margins and guides; automatically resize a page and its objects;
set up page numbering and sections; and create and format tables of
contents. Note that these menu options’ functions — except for the
Pages, page-navigation, and Numbering & Section Options menus —
aren’t available in panels.
 Type: With this menu, you adjust typographic attributes such as size
and font, insert special characters, work with footnotes, add placeholder
text; and control the on-screen display of special characters such as
spaces. Note that the Find Font, Change Case, Type on a Path, Document
Footnote Options, Text Variables, Insert Character, Fill with Placeholder
text, and Show Hidden Characters menu items’ functions aren’t avail-
able though panels. Also note that the separate Notes menu found in
InDesign CS3 has moved into this menu as a new menu item.