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Use the Property inspector



The Property inspector lets you examine and edit the most common properties for the currently selected page element, such as text or an inserted object. The contents of the Property inspector vary depending on the element(s) selected.

To access help for a particular Property inspector, click the help button in the upper right corner of the Property inspector, or select Help from a Property inspector’s Options menu.

Note: Use the Tag inspector to view and edit every attribute associated with a given tag’s properties.

Show or hide the Property inspector

 Select Window > Properties.

Expand or collapse the Property inspector

 Click the expander arrow in the lower-right corner of the Property inspector.

View and change properties for a page element

  1. Select the page element in the Document window.

    You might have to expand the Property inspector to view all the properties for the selected element.

  2. Change any of the properties in the Property inspector.
    Note: For information on specific properties, select an element in the Document window, and then click the Help icon in the upper-right corner of the Property inspector.
  3. If your changes are not immediately applied in the Document window, apply the changes in one of these ways:

    • Click outside the property-editing text fields.

    • Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).

    • Press Tab to switch to another property.