Introducing the Workspace - Adobe InDesign CC - page 8

• To get familiar with the controls in the Application bar, point at each to display its
tool tip.
Note
Adobe Bridge is an application that is available to Creative Cloud users.
You must install it separately from the Creative Cloud desktop application
in your menu bar (Mac OS) or task bar (Windows). Alternatively, you
can download Adobe Bridge from the Download Center on creat-
ive.adobe.com .
• To show and hide the Application bar in Mac OS, choose Window > Application
Bar. When you hide the Application bar in Mac OS, the view scale controls display
in the lower-left corner of the document window.
• In Mac OS, the Application bar, document windows, and panels can be grouped in-
to a single unit called the Application frame. To activate the Application frame,
choose Window > Application Frame. (This grouping of workspace components in
a single application window is the default on Windows.)
• You cannot hide the Application bar when Window > Application Frame is selec-
ted in Mac OS, and you cannot hide the Application bar at all in Windows.
Reviewing the Control panel
The Control panel (Window > Control) offers quick access to options for editing selected
objects. By default, the Control panel is docked at the top of the screen (below the Applica-
tion bar in Mac OS and below the menu bar in Windows). However, you can dock it below
the document window, convert it to a floating panel, or hide it altogether.
1. Choose View > Screen Mode > Normal so you can see the frames that contain
graphics and text.
2. In the Tools panel, select the Selection tool ( ).
3. Click the text “Just hum along...” at the top of the right-facing page. The Control
panel now provides options for controlling the position, size, and other attributes
of the selected object (a text frame).