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Using Objects
Everything on a page is an object, whether it is a text block, text frame, picture, EPS graphic or polygon. PageStream provides five tools to manipulate objects:
''Object'' tool
Use the ''Object'' tool to edit, move and scale objects. When this tool is selected, you can manipulate with ''Object'' menu commands.
''Reshape'' tool
Use the ''Reshape'' tool to add, delete and move points in paths. You can also split and join paths, change arc angles, distort grid objects and modify table contents.
''Crop'' tool
Use the ''Crop'' tool to crop and shift the contents of framed graphic objects (pictures, drawings, and EPS illustrations).
''Rotate'' tool
Use the ''Rotate'' tool to rotate, slant and twist objects visually and to set the rotation about point.
''Lasso'' tool
Use the ''Lasso'' tool to edit, move and scale objects like the ''Object'' tool only that the drag selection method is a freehand shape instead of a box. When this tool is selected, you can manipulate with ''Object'' menu commands.
Working with Groups
Working with Drawings
Comparing Drawings with Groups
Using Objects Section url:PGSuser/usingobjects5
created:2006-03-10 16:50:20 last updated:2006-08-04 20:47:55
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| To select an object behind another object, hold down Control and click on the object. |
| If you can't ungroup a drawing after importing, it's because the drawing is an uneditable drawing object. Choose Dissolve Drawing from the Drawing submenu in the Object menu to edit it. (Drawings may need to be ungrouped after dissolving, depending on whether the objects were grouped in the file.) |