Layers and Object Management Flashcards

What is an anchored (inline) object in InDesign?

Answer: An object attached to a position within text so it flows with it

An anchored object is tied to a point in the text and reflows as the text changes.

Which feature lets you save a frame's size, stroke, fill, and effects to reapply to other objects?

Answer: Object Styles

Object Styles store formatting attributes that can be applied to any frame or object.

What does the Content Grabber (the circle that appears when hovering over an image frame) allow you to do?

Answer: Move the image within the frame independently of the frame

The Content Grabber lets you reposition the placed image inside its frame without moving the frame.

Which Fitting command resizes a placed image to fill the frame while keeping its proportions, possibly cropping it?

Answer: Fill Frame Proportionally

Fill Frame Proportionally scales the image to cover the frame without distortion, cropping any overflow.

What does the Gap tool let you adjust?

Answer: The space between objects while resizing them together

The Gap tool adjusts the space between objects, resizing the adjacent frames simultaneously.

How can you select all objects on the active spread at once?

Answer: Edit > Select All (Ctrl/Cmd+A) with no text cursor active

With the Selection tool active and no text insertion point, Ctrl/Cmd+A selects all objects on the spread.

What does the Paste in Place command (Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+Shift+V) do?

Answer: Pastes at the exact same coordinates it was copied from

Paste in Place places the copied object at the identical position it was cut or copied from.