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The ability to resize a picture object, and the effect of the resize on the image that object references and

on the height and width of the picture object, depends on the Fit setting selected for the image.

If you selected a Fit setting of Constant resolution, you cannot resize the picture object.

In the case of any of the other Fit settings (Constant height, Constant width, and Best fit), PlanetPress

Design carries out the resize in accordance with the Fit setting. For example, if you selected Constant

height, when you resize the picture object, PlanetPress Design scales the image such that its height

reflects the new height of the picture object. It then adjusts the width of the picture object to the new

width of the image. Note that when you resize a dynamic image, you are resizing a single image. If the

dynamic image references more than one image, and the images are different sizes, you should consider

the effect the resize has on all of the images referenced by the dynamic image.

Data Selection Objects

If you defined the data selection in a data selection object using PlanetPress Talk expressions, you cannot

resize the object along any of the edges defined by those expressions.

You cannot resize a data selection object that contains a Contiguous data selection in database emulation,

along the horizontal axis. A Contiguous data selection in a database emulation cannot span more than one

field.

To resize one or more objects and/or groups:

1. Select the object(s) and/or group(s) you want to resize.

2. Press SHIFT+DOWN ARROW or SHIFT+UP ARROW to respectively increase or decrease the size of the

object or group along its bottom edge. You set the magnitude of the resize that occurs with each press

of the ARROW key in the Preferences dialog.

Delete Objects and/or Groups

To delete one or more objects and/or groups:

1. Select the objects and/or groups you want to delete.

2. Choose Home | Clipboard | Delete.

If no elements in the document reference any of the selected objects/groups, PlanetPress Design performs the dele-

tion.

If any elements in the document reference any of the selected objects/groups, PlanetPress Design prompts you to

define how you want to handle the deletion of each of the referenced objects/groups. More precisely, for each ref-

erenced object/group, it displays the Object Deletion dialog box. You use that dialog box to set the deletion options and

perform the deletion.

To use the Object Deletion dialog box:

1. Adjust the options to reflect how you want PlanetPress Design to handle the deletion request. The name of the

object/group you selected for deletion appears in the title bar of the Object Deletion dialog box, and the list of elements

that reference it appear on the right of the dialog box.

Replace reference by: Select to delete the object/group and to replace all references to it with a reference to

another of the objects/groups in the document.

Objects available: Select the object/group you want to use as the replacement reference. When you delete the

object/group, PlanetPress Design replaces all references to the deleted object/group with a reference to the

object/group you select here. You can use the Objects button to create a new object to add to this list.

Objects button: Use to create a new object. Click and choose the object you want to create. PlanetPress Design

creates the new object and selects it in the Objects available list.

Delete: Select to delete the object/group, and all document elements that reference it. All document elements that ref-

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