Options

Specifies properties for the selected object, graphic or frame.

To access this command...

Choose Format - Image - Properties - Options tab.

Choose Format - Frame and Object - Properties - Options tab.

Choose View - Styles - open context menu for selected Frame style - Modify/New - Options tab.

Choose Insert - Frame - Frame - Options tab.


Name

Specifies the name of the selected item, and associated links.

Name

Enter a name for the selected item.

tip

Assign an object, graphic or frame a meaningful name, so that you can quickly locate it afterwards in long documents.


Alternative text (floating frames, graphics, and objects only)

Enter the text to display in a web browser when the selected item is unavailable. Alternate text is also used to assist people with disabilities.

Description

Assigns a title and a description to the selected object. These are accessible for accessibility tools and as alternative tags when you export the document.

Previous link

Displays the item (object, graphic, or frame) that comes before the current item in a linked sequence. To add or change the previous link, select a name from the list. If you are linking frames, the current frame and the target frame must be empty.

Next link

Displays the item (object, graphic, or frame) that comes after the current item in a linked sequence. To add or change the next link, select a name from the list. If you are a linking frames, the target frame must be empty.

Protect

Specifies protection options for the selected item.

Contents

Prevents changes to the content of the selected item.

You can still copy the content of the selected item.

Position

Locks the position of the selected item in the current document.

Size

Locks the size of the selected item.

Content alignment (frames only)

Vertical alignment

Specifies the vertical alignment of the frame's content. Mainly it means text content, but it also affects tables and other objects anchored to the text area (anchored as character, to character or to paragraph), for example frames, graphics or drawings.

Properties

Specifies print and text options for the selected item.

Editable in read-only document (frames only)

Allows you to edit the contents of a frame in a document that is read-only (write-protected).

Print

Includes the selected item when you print the document.

Text direction (frames only)

Specifies the preferred text flow direction in a frame. To use the default text flow settings for the page, select Use superordinate object settings from the list.

Text direction.