7.4

To unlock one or more objects/groups in a single operation:
1. If necessary, in the Structure area, select the page containing the object(s) and/or group(s) you want to unlock.
2. Do either of the following:
l To unlock only a selected set of objects/groups: In the Structure area, select each object you want to
unlock, then choose Page Layout | Lock/Unlock | Unlock Selected Objects.
l To unlock all objects/groups: Choose Page Layout | Lock/Unlock | Unlock All Objects on Page.
Reposition Objects and/or Groups
To reposition objects and/or groups:
1. Select the objects and/or groups you want to reposition.
A red rectangle appears around the selected objects and groups. It contains eight resize handles, one on each corner,
and one in the middle of each edge of the rectangle.
2. Press CTRL+ARROW to move the objects and/or groups. You set the magnitude of the move that occurs with each
press of the ARROW key in the User Options dialog. If you are repositioning an object/group within a group, after you
select it in the Structure area you must click it in the Page area to use the CTRL+ARROW shortcut.
Resize Objects and/or Groups
The following describes how to resize text objects, picture objects, and data selection objects.
Text Objects
If you resize a text object that uses a background box, it is important to understand how the background
box resizes with respect to the text in the object. First, the margins and indents remain constant when you
resize a text object. Thus the top edge of the text is always the same distance from the top edge of the
background box, and the left edge of the text is always the same distance from the left edge of the
background box. What changes are the right and bottom edges of the text relative to the right and bottom
edges of the background box. The change that occurs depends on whether word wrap is on or off, and
whether the Dynamic height box is selected in the Basic attributes of the text object.
Word wrap: Dynamic height: Resize behavior:
on cleared
Background box resizes horizontally to maintain the relationship
between the right indent and the right edge of the background box. It
resizes vertically without regard for the bottom edge of the text. Thus
in this case text may extend below the bottom edge of the background
box.
on selected
PlanetPress Design dynamically adjusts the height of the background
box to accommodate all of the text. In this case you cannot manually
adjust the height of the text object; you can only resize the width.
off cleared
Background box resizes without regard for either the right or bottom
edges of the text. Text may extend beyond either or both of the right
and bottom edges of the background box.
Picture Objects
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