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Related topics:
• Set the Manipulation Properties of an Object or Group (Page 247)
• Snap or Unsnap Objects and/or Groups (Page 254)
15.2.4 Set the Manipulation Properties of an Object or Group
To set the Manipulation properties of an object or group:
• In the properties dialog box, click Manipulation and define any constraints you want to set on resizing,
moving, or selecting the object/group with the mouse or with keyboard shortcuts.
Scalable orientation: Define the axes along which you can resize the object/group when you click and
drag the handles on its bounding box or select it and use keyboard shortcuts to resize it. This does not
prevent changes to the Height and Width properties of the object/group using either the Object
Inspector or the object’s/group’s properties dialog box. Select Horizontal only to restrict resizing the
object/group along the X axis. Select Vertical only to restrict resizing the object/group along the Y axis.
Select Horizontal Vertical to permit resizing along both the X and Y axes. Select None to prevent resizing
along either the X or Y axis. If you clear Selectable, PlanetPress Design automatically sets Scalable
orientation to None. Note that in a shape object of type Line, Scalable orientation is set to Horizontal
only (the line width you set for the shape determines the height of the line). Note that for bar code
objects, Vertical only and None are the only two choices available. Also note that in a text object, if you
select Dynamic height in the Basic attributes, you cannot adjust the height of that object. Also note that
you cannot resize an n-up object using the mouse or keyboard shortcuts; you resize the n-up object by
manually adjusting its Width and Height properties, and resize the contents of the n-up object by
adjusting the N-up options of the object. Finally, if you use PlanetPress Talk code to define the Angle,
Height, Width, Top, or Left properties of an object/group, PlanetPress Design automatically sets Scalable
orientation to None, to prevent an inadvertent change to the PlanetPress Talk code due to a resize of the
object/group using the mouse or keyboard shortcuts.
Movable orientation: Define the axes along which you can move the object/group when you click and
drag it in the Page area or select it and use keyboard shortcuts to move it. This does not prevent
changes to the Left and Top properties of the object/group using either the Object Inspector or the
object’s/group’s properties dialog box. Select Horizontal only to restrict moving the object/group along
the X axis. Select Vertical only to restrict moving the object/group along the Y axis. Select Horizontal
Vertical to permit moving along both the X and Y axes. Note that if you clear Selectable, PlanetPress
Design automatically sets Movable orientation to None.
Selectable: Select to permit selection of the object/group with the mouse in the Page area. Clear to
lock the object/group. When you lock an object/group, you cannot select it using the mouse in the Page
area, or resize or move it using the mouse or keyboard shortcuts. This option applies only to selecting,
moving and resizing the object/group in the Page area and does not affect selecting the object in the
Structure area, or using the Object Inspector to resize or move the object/group. Note that when you
clear this option, PlanetPress Design automatically sets both Scalable orientation and Movable
orientation to None to also prevent moving and resizing the object or group using the mouse or
keyboard shortcuts. You can also use the items in the Tools menu to lock and unlock objects/groups.
Related topics:
• Lock and Unlock Objects and Groups (Page 248)
• Set the Basic Attributes of an Object or Group (Page 245)
• Snap or Unsnap Objects and/or Groups (Page 254)
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15.2.5 Select Objects and/or Groups
To select all objects and groups at the same level in the Structure area hierarchy:
1. In the Structure area or in the Page area, click on one of the objects or groups that occupies the level in
the Structure area hierarchy whose objects and groups you want to select.
2. Choose Home | Clipboard | Select All.
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