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The Control Panel in Depth

The Control panel combines many common formatting means you can change the options available in the panel.
options into a single, compact format. It is context-sensitive, (It is also important to note that the options available in the
which means different options are available depending on Control panel might be limited by the active workspace and
what is selected in the layout. It is also customizable, which by the width of your monitor or Application frame.)
Default Control panel when a graphics frame is selected on a 21-inch monitor:

Default Control panel when a text frame is selected on a 21-inch monitor:

Default Control panel when text is selected on a 21-inch monitor:

When anything other than text is selected, the panel • Show Content Offset. When checked, the Control panel
Options menu includes options for controlling the position shows X+ and Y+ values for a frame’s content when the
of the panel (top, bottom, or fl oating), as well as how actual content (not the frame) is selected.
transformations affect selected objects: • Adjust Stroke Weight when Scaling. When
Customize Control checked, resizing an object changes the stroke weight
Panel button proportionally. For example, resizing an object with a 1-pt
stroke to 50% results in a 0.5-pt stroke.
Click here to open the
panel Options menu. Clicking the Customize Control Panel button, or choosing
Customize in the panel Options menu, opens a dialog box
where you can defi ne the available options in the panel;
anything with a checkmark will be available when it’s relevant
to the selection in the document.

• Stroke Styles. This opens a dialog box where you can
edit or defi ne custom styles for lines and object strokes.
• Clear Transformations. Choosing this option resets an
object to its original position (also clearing rotation).
• Dimensions Include Stroke Weight. When checked,
width and height values include the object width, as well
as the defi ned stroke width. For example, a square that is
72 points wide with a 1-point stroke would be 73 points
wide overall (when using the default stroke position that
aligns the stroke on the center of the object edge).
• Transformations are Totals. When checked, transfor- Clicking the Quick Apply button ( ) opens a special
mations are cumulative for the frame and its contents. For navigation dialog box. This feature enables you to easily fi nd
example, say an image frame is rotated 10°. and apply what you want (menu commands, user-defi ned
styles, and so on) by typing a few characters in the text entry
– When checked, the frame content also shows a 10° fi eld and then clicking the related item in the list.
rotation; you can change the content rotation to 0° to
return the image (but not the frame) to horizontal.
– When not checked, the frame content shows 0°
because the content is not rotated relative to its
container. You have to rotate the content –10° to return
it to horizontal without affecting the frame’s rotation.

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