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A contextual menu is similar to the menu types we describe in the previous sections; however, it’s context-sensitive and opens when you right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) on an object in your document. Contextual means that the menu dynamically changes depending upon what you have selected.

For example, if you right-click, when an image is selected, you see options referring to the image. However, if you right-click on a document’s background, you typically see options that affect the entire document instead of just a particular element within it. This makes it easy to find the options you need quickly. Figure 4-5 shows a contextual menu that appears when you right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) text in InDesign.

FIGURE 4-5: Open a contextual menu by right-clicking on a selected object.

The tool you select in the Tools panel may affect which contextual menus you can access in a document. You may have to select the Selection tool first to access certain menus. If you want to open a contextual menu for a particular item in the document, make sure that the object is selected before you right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac).

If you’re using a Mac, you can right-click to open a contextual menu if you have a two-button mouse. Otherwise, you press Control-click to open a contextual menu.