Page Canvas
The Page Canvas provides a few object
editing functions in addition to the functions described in the Working
with Page Objects topic.
Right-Click Menu
Click with the right mouse button on
an object to bring up the following menu:
- Bring to Front - Places the object on top of all other
objects.
- Send to Back - Places the object behind all other objects.
- Bring Forward - Moves the object up one layer.
- Send Backward - Pushes the object back one layer.
- Align - Provides the following options for aligning objects
with each other or the page:
- Top: Aligns all selected objects to the topmost object on the
page.
- Middle: Lines up the vertical middle of each selected
object.
- Bottom: Aligns all selected objects to the bottommost object on
the page.
- Left: Aligns all selected objects to the leftmost object on the
page.
- Center: Lines up the horizontal center of each selected
object.
- Right: Aligns all selected objects to the rightmost object on
the page.
- Center Vertical on Page: Places all selected objects in the
vertical center of the page.
- Center Horizontal on Page: Places all selected objects in the
horizontal center of the page.
- Space Evenly - Horizontal: Arranges the currently selected
objects so that they all have the same amount of horizontal space
between them.
- Space Evenly - Vertical: Arranges the currently selected
objects so that they all have the same amount of vertical space
between them.
- Group - Fixes the position of objects in relation to one
another so that they can be moved, resized, and rotated without
changing their position relative to each other.
- Ungroup - Returns a group of objects to individual
objects.
- Cut - Removes a page object from the page, but saves it in
memory so that it may be pasted to another location.
- Copy - Saves a page object in memory so that it may be pasted
to another location.
- Edit Object - Opens the Object Settings window, allowing you to
change the size and position of the object.
- Delete - Removes a page object from the project.
- Lock Object - Fixes the position and size of the currently
selected page object so that it cannot be edited.
Double-Click
Double-click a photo to open the crop
function (see Crop).
Double-click a text box to change the
text (see Editing
Text).
Double-click on headlines to open the
headline effects window. See the Headline Effects topic for more
information.
Double-click a calendar to open the
Calendar Settings window. See the Calendar Settings topic for more
information.
Double-click clip art or shapes to
open the Object Settings window. See the description of the Object
Settings functions in the Edit topic in the Shapes area for more
information.
