Options
Specify properties for the selected image, frame or OLE object.
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.
Right-click selected object, choose Properties - Options tab.
Accessibility
Name
Enter a name for the selected item.
Assign an object, graphic or frame a meaningful name, so that you can quickly locate it afterwards in long documents.
Text Alternative (images and OLE objects only)
Enter a short description of the essential details of the selected object for a person who cannot see the object. This text is available for use by assistive technologies.
Description
Enter a longer description of the object, especially if the object is too complex or contains too much detail to be described adequately with the short Text Alternative. Use Description to add additional information to the short description found in Text Alternative. This text is available for use by assistive technologies.
For images, Text Alternative and Description are exported with an appropriate tag in HTML and PDF format (remember to enable the Universal Accessibility (PDF/UA) option in PDF export).
Sequences (frames only)
Previous link
Displays the frame that comes before the selected frame in a linked sequence. To add or change the previous link, select a name from the list. If you are linking frames, the selected frame and the target frame must be empty.
Next link
Displays the frame that comes after the selected frame 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).
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.