The Object Properties dialog has four panels for managing properties.
This panel of the Object Properties dialog displays general object information, as well as controls for rendering the object and displaying it in viewports.
This panel of the Object Properties dialog lets you customize how objects behave under advanced lighting (the Light Tracer or radiosity).
This panel of the Object Properties dialog supports mental ray rendering; specifically, the indirect illumination features caustics and global illumination. They control whether objects generate or receive caustics or global illumination.
This panel of the Object Properties dialog lets you enter properties or comments that you define yourself.