<< Click to Display Table of Contents >> Options of the contextual ribbon tab "Object"

If you click to select a dropdown list, the contextual ribbon tab Object appears automatically.

However, you can only apply some general options for objects here:

▪New object: This option allows you to insert a new object into the document and different object types are available.

▪AutoShape: This option allows you to insert a new AutoShape into the document.

▪Lines: This option allows you to insert simple lines, curves and also connectors (which you can "dock" to the text frame) into the document.

▪Link text frames: This option is only possible for text frames. For more information, see Text frames.

▪Text wrapping: This option determines how the body text that surrounds the object should behave. For more information, see Object properties, Layout tab.

▪Bring to front, Send to back: These options are only available for dropdown list frames. They allow you to arrange the order of overlapping object frames. For more information, see Changing the order of frames.

▪Align objects: This option is only available for dropdown list frames. It allows you to align or evenly distribute two or more object frames. For more information, see Aligning and distributing frames.

▪Group: This option is only available for dropdown list frames. It allows you to combine several selected objects into one unit, which can then be treated like a single object. For more information, see Grouping frames.

▪Duplicate: This option creates an immediate copy of the selected object.

▪Convert: This option converts a dropdown list included in the body text into a dropdown list frame and vice versa.

▪Width, Height: These options change the size of the object. For more information, see Changing the size and margins of objects.