7.4

An object or group has nine snapping point sites on its bounding box: one on each corner, one in the middle of each edge, and
one in the center of the object.
You can set a snapping point at any of the nine snapping point sites. When you snap two objects/groups together, PlanetPress
Design positions the relevant snapping point of each object/group such that the two points lie one on top of the other.
You can also set a horizontal and/or vertical offset for a snapping point. You can do this to control the spacing between the two
objects/groups.
When using snapping points with objects that may dynamically change width or height, you should only use Top-Left
or Bottom-Left snapping points, as other snapping points may not work properly.
Here are some key points to remember when using snapping points:
l The order in which snapping points are evaluated is top-to-bottom, as seen in the Document Structure Pane for the
page. Any object that has the Snap to previous object option set will snap to the first object it encounter before it. If no
object before it has the Set snapping point option set, it will snap to the top-left corner of the page it is located on.
l You may snap any number of objects to a single snapping point on an object, and you may also snap groups of objects
together.
l Objects will not snap if they are not on the same page.
l Objects called using the PlanetPress Talk $element command and that have snapping points set will follow snapping
behaviors as if they were originally part of the page. The order in which snapping points are evaluated is the same as if
you replaced the PlanetPress Talk object with each individual object called by it.
Object Preview Window
The Object Preview window lets you see objects before they are actually created. The object preview window has its own Mes-
sage area displaying PlanetPress Talk error messages.
You use it to preview the effect of property settings, and to help determine the appropriate setting for a given property. As you
change the property settings of an object or a group, the Object Preview updates to display the result of the modifications. It
can also display messages from the PlanetPress Talk Converter that can help you debug the object or group.
To show or hide the Object Preview:
l In the properties dialog box of any object, click the Show/Hide Object Preview button. Note that by default, the
Object Preview will always appear when you open an object's properties, even when you hide it. Its position is also
reset. You can change this behavior in the PlanetPress Design User Preference (see Miscellaneous Preferences).
The following options are available in the Object Preview window toolbar:
l Zoom in:Zoom in by 25%zoom.
l Zoom level:Set the zoom level in percentage. The default zoom level in the Object Preview is 75%. The zoom value
can be any value from 10 to 1000.
l Zoom out:Zoom out by 25%zoom.
l Fit in window:Adjusts the zoom level so the object appears in its entirety in the preview window.
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