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Ever have trouble finding a particular item in one of InDesign’s menus? Maybe you know the item is there somewhere, but can’t quickly locate it. Or maybe you just think it was there, but you’re not really sure. In either case, you can track down the item faster by displaying menu items in alphabetical order.
To do that, just hold Command+Shift+Option/Ctrl+
View Menu normal order
View Menu alphabetized
Or you can just view a submenu in alphabetical order by pressing Command+Shift+Option/
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This article was first published on October 21, 2014
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