Similarly, many features don’t appear at all in the Properties panel, and the paragraph and character style controls in the panel are very limited, so if you do a lot of work with styles, you’ll almost certainly want to revert to using the Paragraph Styles and Character Styles panels.įortunately, it’s likely that the Properties panel will be further developed in future InDesign versions-that’s what’s has been happening in Illustrator CC and Photoshop CC. However, currently the collapsed or expanded state isn’t “sticky” between sessions, so it often closes even when you want it to stay open. For example, when you see an ellipsis (…) at the lower right of a section, clicking it expands the section to show additional choices. When you start working with the new Properties panel, you’ll likely find yourself frustrated because it’s just “version 1” and is a work in progress. For example, if you are editing text, the panel configures itself to show sections for Text Style, Appearance, Character, Paragraph, Bullets and Numbering, and Quick Actions (Figure 1). The rest of the panel is grouped into sections. The mode you’re working in (for example, Text Insertion or Linked File) appears listed at the top of the Properties panel.
Like the Control panel, the Properties panel changes based on what’s selected.
And while it doesn’t offer all the same features as the Control panel (which still exists), even if you are an experienced user you may find the Properties panel faster for some of your workflows because most of your needed commands are found in one place. So, following the lead of Illustrator CC and Photoshop CC, the new Properties panel shows many of the relevant layout commands.
Why would you need another panel for applying formatting to text or objects? Adobe has found that InDesign’s plethora of panels and dialog boxes can be confusing, especially for those who are new to InDesign, or who use it less frequently. Well, now there’s one more: a Properties panel. For example, you can set the font size and leading for a paragraph of type in either the Character panel or in the character formatting controls of the Control panel. (Or, as usual, you can export IDML for “saving backward.”) Properties PanelĪs you know, InDesign already offers many different ways to apply formatting to text and objects. This means that if someone using InDesign CC 2019 creates a new file, and you open it using an earlier version of InDesign CC, the Creative Cloud will convert the file backward to your older version. It’s important to remember that all major upgrades bring a new file format.
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