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Property inspector

The Property inspector lets you examine and edit properties for the currently selected page element. (A page element is an object or text.) You can select page elements in either the Document window or the Code inspector.

To show or hide the Property inspector, choose Window > Properties.

Most changes you make to properties are immediately applied in the Document window. (For some properties, changes are not applied until you click outside the property-editing text fields, press Return, or press Tab to switch to another property.)

The contents of the Property inspector vary depending on the element selected. 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.

The Property inspector initially displays the most commonly used properties of the selected element. Click the expander arrow in the lower right corner of the Property inspector to see more of the element's properties. (In a few cases, certain obscure properties may not appear even in the expanded Property inspector; in these cases, use the Code inspector or Code view to code these properties by hand.)