With the Measurements palette (Window menu), you can quickly edit many commonly used controls. Options in the Measurements palette change to reflect the selected tool or item. When you select multiple items of the same type (such as three separate picture boxes), the Measurements palette controls apply to all selected items.

The tab bar displays above the center of the Measurements palette.

The Measurements palette displays a row of icons called the navigator tab above the center of the palette. You can cycle left-to-right through the Measurements palette navigator tab icons by pressing Command+Option+;/Ctrl+Alt+;. You can move in reverse (right-to-left) by pressing Command+Option+,/Ctrl+Alt+,.

To continuously display the navigator tab, Control+click/right-click the Measurements palette title bar and choose Always Show Tab Bar. To permanently hide the navigator tab, Control+click/right-click the Measurements palette title bar and choose Always Hide Tab Bar. To make the navigator tab bar display interactively. Control+click/right-click the Measurements palette title bar and choose Show Tab on Rollover.

The selection of tabs displayed on the Measurements palette depends on which items are active, and the display of any tab changes to fit the item or items that are active. The available tabs are as follows:

• Classic tab: Contains often-used controls. Displays differently for text boxes, picture boxes, lines, and tables.
• Text tab: Contains controls from the Text tab of the Modify dialog box (Item > Modify).
• Frame tab: Contains controls from the Frame tab of the Modify dialog box.
• Runaround tab: Contains controls from the Runaround tab of the Modify dialog box. Displays differently for text boxes, picture boxes, and lines.
• Clipping tab: Contains controls from the Clipping tab of the Modify dialog box.
• Character tab: Contains controls from the Character Attributes dialog box (Style > Character).
• Paragraph tab: Contains controls from the Formats tab of the Paragraph Attributes dialog box (Style > Formats).
• Text Path tab: Contains controls from the Text Path tab of the Modify dialog box.
• Space/Align tab: Contains controls from the Space/Align submenu (Item > Space/Align).
• xport.jpg"> Export tab: Contains controls from the Export tab of the Modify dialog box (Web layouts only).
• Grids tab: Contains controls from the Grid tab of the Modify dialog box (selected tables only).
• Drop Shadow tab: Contains controls from the Drop Shadow tab of the Modify dialog box.
• Tabs tab: Contains controls from the Tabs tab of the Paragraph Attributes dialog box.

Note: When you select a picture box that contains an image, the number next to the Effective Image Resolution icon in the Classic tab of the Measurements palette displays the effective resolution of the image. The actual image resolution divided by the scale of the image equals the effective resolution. For example, if you import an image with an actual image resolution of 100 dpi and then increase the scale from 100% to 200%, the effective resolution is 50 dpi. The higher the effective resolution is, the higher the quality of the reproduced image will be. Note that if you select multiple picture boxes with varying effective resolutions, no number displays next to the Effective Image Resolution icon.