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Chapter 1: Understanding InDesign Ingredients
 Object: You use this menu to change the shape, size, location, and other
attributes of objects, such as frames and lines; apply special effects to
objects; insert multimedia effects such as buttons; and control display
redraw speed. Note that the Text Frame Options, Anchored Object,
Corner Options, Clipping Path, and Convert Shape menu items’ functions
aren’t available through panels.
 Table: Use this menu to create, change, and format tables and cells.
Note that this menu’s functions are available through panels.
 View: This menu lets you control the display of your document, from
zoom level to whether guides, rulers, and frame edges appear. Note that
none of these menu items’ functions, except for Screen Mode and the
zoom controls, are available in panels.
 Window: This menu is where you manage the display of document
windows and panels, as well as where you set up and work with work-
spaces. The window display and workspace functions aren’t available
via panels.
 Help: Use this menu to access InDesign’s help system and manage
product activation and registration. In Windows, this menu also lets
you manage plug-ins. Note that none of these menu items’ functions are
available in panels.