Brother Ensemble PDP-100J, Руководство пользователя

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To select several objects:
1. Click on the pointer tool.
2. Move the arrow pointer above and to one side of the objects you want to
select. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse across the
area you want to select. As you move the pointer, a box with a dotted
outlineappears.
3. Continueto drag and stretch this box over the objects you want to select.
As you enclose objects, their handles appear, indicating that they are
selected.
4. When all the objects you want to select fall completely within the
selection box, release the mouse button. The box disappears, and the
object or objects within the area remainselected.
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To select several objects that are not next to each other:
1. Using any of the drawing tools, place the pointer or crosshairs on the
first object you want to select. Hold down
CODE
and click. Handles
appear around the object.
2. Continue to hold down
CODE
while you click each of the other objects
you want to select, one by one. Handles appear around each object.
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To select all objects:
Choose Select All from the Edit menu. Handles appear around all the
objects in the drawing.
OR
Using the keyboard, press
CODE + /
. Handles appear around all the
objects in the drawing.
Resizing Objects
Just as objects are not fixed to their original positions, they are not fixed at
their original size. You can enlarge and reduce objects by dragging any of
an object's resize handles.
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To change the size of an object:
1. Select the object you want to resize. Resizehandles appear around the
object.
2. Drag one of the resize handles (but not the move handle in the center of
the object).
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To resize the object around its center point, hold down the
C
key
or the comma [,] key while dragging.
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To proportionally resize an object, hold down
SHIFT
while you
drag one of the corner handles.
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To proportionally size around the center point, hold down both
the
C
key and
SHIFT
while you drag a corner handle.
3. When the object is the size you want, release the mouse. The object
appears in place.
Mouse selection is useful when
you want to move or change the
tone of several objects that are
next to each other
. You must use
the mouse to accomplish this
procedure.
You can deselect individual
objects in the group by holding
down the
CODE key and clicking
on them again.
To select all but a couple of
objects in your drawing, choose
Select All from the Edit menu,
then press the
CODE key and
click only those objects you want
to deselect.
Dragging toward the center of the
object reduces it, while dragging
away from the center enlarges it.
As you drag, an outline shows the
changing size of the object.