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USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL
Creating and Editing Artwork
Turn on Snap Alignment
When Snap Alignment is turned on, dotted lines appear on the Stage when you drag an object to the specified snap
tolerance. For example, if you set Horizontal snap tolerance to 18 pixels (the default setting), a dotted line appears
along the edge of the object you are dragging when the object is exactly 18 pixels from another object. If you turn on
Horizontal Center Alignment, a dotted line appears along the horizontal center vertices of two objects when you
precisely align the vertices.
❖
Select View
> Snapping > Snap Align. A check mark appears next to the command when it is on.
Moving and copying objects
Move objects by dragging
1
Select an object or multiple objects.
2
Select the Selection tool
, position the pointer over the object, and do one of the following:
•
To move the object, drag it to the new position.
•
To copy the object and move the copy, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh).
•
To constrain the object’s movement to multiples of 45°, Shift-drag.
Move objects by using the arrow keys
1
Select an object or multiple objects.
2
Do one of the following:
•
To move the selection 1 pixel at a time, press the arrow key for the direction in which you want the object to move.
•
To move the selection 10 pixels at a time, press Shift+arrow key.
Note:
When Snap To Pixels is selected, the arrow keys move objects by pixel increments on the document’s pixel grid, not
by pixels on the screen.
Move objects by using the Property inspector
1
Select an object or multiple objects.
2
If the Property inspector is not visible, select Window
> Properties.
3
Enter
x
and
y
values for the location of the upper-left corner of the selection.
The units are relative to the upper-left corner of the Stage.
Note:
The Property inspector uses the units specified for the Ruler Units option in the Document Properties dialog box.
Move objects by using the Info panel
1
Select an object or multiple objects.
2
If the Info Panel is not visible, select Window
> Info.
3
Enter
x
and
y
values for the location of the upper-left corner of the selection.
The units are relative to the upper-left corner of the Stage.
Updated 5 March 2009
