Moving and resizing objects

While working in Edit mode, you can easily move and resize objects within project. Select the object you want to move or resize within your work area and do one of the following:

To select multiple objects, click the first object, then press and hold the Ctrl key while you click the other objects.

To move an object:

• Use your keyboard’s arrow keys to reposition the object horizontally or vertically. The object will move 1 pixel in the direction of the arrow key pressed. You can also perform these steps while holding your keyboard’s Shift key. Doing so will move the object in increments of 10 pixels, in the chosen direction.

• Click the object and while holding down the left mouse button, drag the object to its new location. To move the object to a new position that is directly above, below or to either side of its current position, hold down the Shift key while dragging the item to its new location. This will cause the object to move straight, either up, down, left, or right.

  For projects enabled for responsive design, objects that are moved or resized using the Ctrl+Shift + drag key combination, the position of the object will be moved proportionally across all device views regardless of whether you set an override position for the object. For details about working with responsive design, including enabling project for responsive design, see Working with responsive content. These rules are applied when using the Ctrl+Shift + drag key combination: If the object is inheriting its position/size, that will still be the case; an override for its new position/size is not created.. If the object already has an override, the override for the objects in the current working view (non-desktop) are maintained . Border detection logic is built into the Ctrl+Shift drag function so that moving objects in the current view will not cause the objects - moved relatively - to fall off the page in another view. If the entire object is moved completely off of the page in the current/working view, then we will make the assumption that the user wants the object off the page in all views and will move it accordingly. If multiple objects are selected, all objects stop moving as soon as the first object reaches a border in order to preserve the original layout. (However, it an object is moved off the page in the working view, as stated above it will move off the page in other views.) Any current object that is already partially or completely off the page will be ignored during the Ctrl+Shift drag action.

• Manually set the position of the object by altering the X and Y position within the Position and Size tab of the object’s properties.

To resize an object:

• Click on any corner or side of the object, and while holding down the left mouse button, drag the corner or side of the object to resize it. Holding your keyboard’s Shift key while performing these steps will ensure that the object is resized proportionally.

• Use the adjustment adorners and handles on shapes, images, and text buttons to stretch, resize, rotate and flip these objects.

• Manually set the size of the object by altering the Width and Height of the object within the Position and Size tab of the object’s properties.

Additional resources: Using Image, Shape and Button Effects in Lectora and Lectora Online

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