Element > Fill | Window > Color > Swatches or Window > Color > 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 > Color > Swatches, Window > Stroke, and Window > Output > 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 > Extras > Show Text Threads | |
Element > Frame > Previous Frame | View > Extras > 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 | |
Element > Polygon Settings | Double-click the Polygon tool in the Toolbox | |
Element > Rounded Corners | Object > Corner Options | |
Element > Link Info | Window > Links | Choose Link Information on the Links panel menu. |
Element > Link Options | Type Preferences or Window > Links | In File Handling Preferences, select or deselect Create Links When Placing Text And Spreadsheet Files. Or, on the Links panel menu, choose Unlink. |
Element > Non-Printing | Window > Output > Attributes | |
Element > Remove Transformation | No equivalent | |