Options of the contextual ribbon tab "Object"

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Options of the contextual ribbon tab "Object"

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If you click to select a dropdown list, the contextual ribbon tab Object appears automatically.

However, you can only apply some general options for objects here:

New object: This option allows you to insert a new object into the document and different object types are available.

AutoShape: This option allows you to insert a new AutoShape into the document.

Lines: This option allows you to insert simple lines, curves and also connectors (which you can "dock" to the text frame) into the document.

Link text frames: This option is only possible for text frames. For more information, see Text frames.

Text wrapping: This option determines how the body text that surrounds the object should behave. For more information, see Object properties, Layout tab.

Bring to front, Send to back: These options are only available for dropdown list frames. They allow you to arrange the order of overlapping object frames. For more information, see Changing the order of frames.

Align objects: This option is only available for dropdown list frames. It allows you to align or evenly distribute two or more object frames. For more information, see Aligning and distributing frames.

Group: This option is only available for dropdown list frames. It allows you to combine several selected objects into one unit, which can then be treated like a single object. For more information, see Grouping frames.

Duplicate: This option creates an immediate copy of the selected object.

Convert: This option converts a dropdown list included in the body text into a dropdown list frame and vice versa.

Width, Height: These options change the size of the object. For more information, see Changing the size and margins of objects.