Navigating the Home ribbon

The Home ribbon contains common and popular commands for accessing clipboard functions and editing, building title structure, managing textual elements, arranging objects, and publishing.

Paste

Click this to paste the item or object that you cut or copied to the clipboard. You can also paste as formatted text or as unformatted text. To paste as formatted text, click the drop-down list and select Paste Formatted. To paste as unformatted text, click the drop-down list and select Paste Unformatted. The graphic that is displayed is dynamic; it changes to the previously selected item.

Clicking this ribbon item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+V keyboard shortcut.

Cut

Click this to cut the selected object and store it in the clipboard. Paste the object in another location using Paste.

Clicking this ribbon item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+X keyboard shortcut.

Copy

Click this to copy the selected item or object and store it in the clipboard. Paste the item or object in another location using Paste.

Clicking this ribbon item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut.

Paste As

Click this to paste text that you cut or copied to the clipboard in various formats, such as Formatted Text (RTF), Unformatted Unicode Text(remove the original unicode formatting), Unformatted Text (remove its original formatting), Picture (Enhanced Metafile) or Picture (Windows Metafile).

Style Painter

Click this to copy the style properties of the selected object so you can apply the style to another object. This applies to text blocks, buttons, shapes, lines and arrows, images, and characters. For details, see Copying and applying a text block's style to another text block, Copying and applying a button's style to another button, Copying and applying the style of a shape, line, or arrow to another shape, line, or arrow, Copying and applying an character's style to another character, and Copying and applying an image's style to another image..

Click this to add an assignable unit to your title. For details about adding assignable units, see Working with assignable units.

Clicking this ribbon item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+0 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Working with assignable units

Chapter

Click this to add a chapter to your title.

See also: Working with chapters

Clicking this ribbon item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+1 keyboard shortcut.

Section

Click this to add a section to your title.

See also: Working with sections

Clicking this ribbon item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+2 keyboard shortcut.

Page

Click this to add a page to your title. Click the drop-down list to add a page using a page layout. Page layouts determine how objects are placed on your page. You can use page layouts to apply a consistent design to multiple pages.

Clicking this ribbon item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+3 keyboard shortcut.

See also:

Working with pages
Using and managing page layouts

Add object

Click this to quickly insert the object that is displayed as the Add object graphic in the Quick Insert group. The graphic that is displayed is dynamic; it changes to the previously selected item. To add a different object, click the drop-down list and select a predefined object or click More to display the Insert ribbon.

See also: Working with Quick Insert

Text Style

Click this to apply the previously selected text style to the highlighted text in a text block. Text styles define text attributes such as the font face, style, size and color. Click the drop-down list to select a different style and add and remove styles.

See also:

Applying a text style
Managing text styles

Text Color

Click this to apply a new font color to the highlighted text in a text block. Select from several predefined colors, define a custom color, or use the eye-dropper tool to select a color from elsewhere within your title. The current color is displayed as the bar in the ribbon graphic.

See also: Changing the font color

(Font)

Use this list to apply a new font to the highlighted text in a text block.

See also: Changing the font

(Font size)

Use this list to apply a new font size to the highlighted text in a text block.

See also: Changing the font size

(Bold)

When unselected, click this to apply bold highlighting to the highlighted text in a text block. When selected, click this to remove bold highlighting from the highlighted text in a text block.

(Italics)

When unselected, click this to apply italic highlighting to the highlighted text in a text block. When selected, click this to remove italic highlighting from the highlighted text in a text block.

(Underline)

When unselected, click this to underline the highlighted text in a text block. When selected, click this to remove underlining from the highlighted text in a text block.

(Text Shadow)

When unselected, click this to add shadowing to the text in a text block. When selected, click this to remove shadowing from the text in a text block. Click the drop-down arrow to specify the text shadowing attributes.

(Superscript)

When unselected, click this to superscript the highlighted text in a text block. When selected, click this to remove superscript from the highlighted text in a text block.

See also: Superscripting and subscripting

(Subscript)

When unselected, click this to subscript the highlighted text in a text block. When selected, click this to remove subscript from the highlighted text in a text block.

See also: Superscripting and subscripting

(Highlight)

Click this to apply a highlight color to the selected text in a text block. Select from several predefined colors, define a custom color, or use the eye-dropper tool to select a color from elsewhere within your title. The current color is displayed as the pen-tip in the ribbon graphic.

See also: Highlighting text

(Symbol)

Click this to insert the symbol into a text block. Click the drop-down list to select more symbols. The ribbon graphic changes to the recently selected symbol.

See also: Adding a symbol

(Hyperlink)

Click this to configure a hypertext link in the text block.

See also: Adding hyperlinks to text

(Align left)

When unselected, click this to align the text within the text block along the left margin. When selected, click this to revert to the previously selected alignment.

See also: Justifying text

(Center)

When unselected, click this to center the text within the text block. When selected, click this to revert to the previously selected alignment.

See also: Justifying text

(Align right)

When unselected, click this to align the text within the text block along the right margin. When selected, click this to revert to the previously selected alignment.

See also: Justifying text

(Align both)

When unselected, click this to align the text within the text block to both margins, like newspaper print. When selected, click this to revert to the previously selected alignment.

See also: Justifying text

(Decrease indent)

Click this to decrease the indent of the text within the text block.

See also: Managing indent levels

(Increase indent)

Click this to increase the indent of the text within the text block.

See also: Managing indent levels

(Numbered list)

Click this to insert a numbered list into the text block.

See also: Adding a numbered list

(Numbered list)

Click this to insert a bulleted list into the text block.

See also: Adding a numbered list

(Paragraph spacing)

Click this to adjust the spacing between the lines of text in a text block.

See also: Changing paragraph spacing

(Show text formatting marks)

When unselected, click this to show text formatting marks. When selected, click this to hide text formatting marks.

See also: Show text formatting marks

Align

Click this to select from various alignment choices to align the selected text block or object.

See also: Aligning and positioning objects

Bring Forward

Select this to move the object up one layer. Click the drop-down list to select to move the object forward or to the front.

See also: Layering objects

Bring Backward

Select this to move the object down one layer. Click the drop-down list to select to move the object backward or to the back.

See also: Layering objects

Group Selection

Select this to combine the selected objects into a group. Click the drop-down list to select to group the objects or to ungroup the objects.

See also: Grouping and ungrouping objects

Find

Select this to search for text within your title, including "behind the scenes" text for menus, hyperlinks, object descriptions, and buttons and actions, for example. When you select this menu item, the Find window opens. Type the word or phrase you want to find in the Find what field and click Find to find words or phrases. Enable Title Contents if you want to search within the contents of your title, enable Notes if you want to search within the notes in your title, and enable Object Name to search for objects by name.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+F keyboard shortcut.

See also: Finding and replacing text

Find Next

Select this to find the next instance of the word or phrase for which you are searching.

This menu item corresponds to pressing F3.

See also: Finding and replacing text

Replace

Select this to search and replace the text specified in the Find window.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+H keyboard shortcut.

See also: Finding and replacing text

Publish

Select this when you are ready to publish your title. The previously selected publish-to option is performed. Click the drop-down list to select from supported publish-to options.

See also: Publishing a title