Adobe INDESIGN 2.0 - USING HELP Help Manual page 7

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To alternate between an abbreviated (limited options visible) and normal version of
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a palette, choose Show/Hide Options in the palette menu (this is not available for all
palettes).
To cycle quickly through collapsed, abbreviated, and normal views, double-click the
palette tab. In Windows, you can also double-click the title bar to cycle through just
the collapsed and normal views.
With palettes that expand and collapse, click the arrows
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name to cycle through expanded, normal, and collapsed views.
Docking palettes
Dock palettes by connecting the lower edge of one palette to the top edge of another,
so that both palettes move together and are shown and hidden together. When you dock
palettes, both palettes remain fully visible. In contrast, when you group palettes, only the
frontmost palette is visible.
You can dock one palette to another single palette or to a group of palettes. However, you
can't dock a group of palettes unless you dock each of them individually, because docking
involves dragging an individual palette's tab and not the title bar.
To dock palettes:
Drag a palette's tab to the lower edge of another palette. When the lower edge of the
other palette is highlighted, release the mouse button.
To move a set of docked palettes:
Drag its title bar.
Compacting list palettes
You can save space by compacting rows in palettes that display lists, such as the Layers
and Swatches palettes.
To compact a list palette:
Choose Small Palette Rows in the palette menu.
Calculating values in palettes and dialog boxes
You can perform simple math in any numerical text box. For example, if you want to move
a selected object 3 units to the right using the current measurement units, you don't
have to work out the new horizontal position—simply type +3 after the current value in
the Transform palette.
To enter values by calculating:
1 In a text box that accepts numerical values, do one of the following:
To replace the entire current value with a mathematical expression, select the entire
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current value.
To use the current value as part of a mathematical expression, click before or after the
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current value.
2 Type a simple mathematical expression. You can use + (plus), - (minus), * (multipli-
cation), / (division), or % (percent) signs among the values you type.
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