Element > Fill

Window > Swatches or Window > 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 > Swatches, Window > Stroke, and Window > 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 > Show Text Threads

Element > Frame > Previous Frame

View > 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 Type Preferences, select or deselect Create Links When Placing Text And Spreadsheet Files. Or, on the Links panel menu, choose Unlink.

Element > Non-Printing

Window > Attributes

Element > Remove Transformation

No equivalent