Inserting Objects

To get any object onto a page it must be inserted. You can insert Text Fields, Fraction Graphs (2 types), Percent Graphs, Plots, Tables and Graphs. To select the object to insert use the toolbar buttons. If the Tool Tips option is checked then holding the cursor over an insert button will display a box describing what they allow you to insert.

Once the object to insert is selected the cursor will change to a cross hair ( + ) over the page. Click and Drag on the page and a blue box where the object will be inserted will be displayed as you drag. When you let up on the mouse button the object will be inserted in the blue box and become the selected object. Text Fields and Tables can be edited right on the screen, but all other objects are edited in a pop up dialog box. See the object’s respective chapter for details about editing and formatting.

Canceling Insert: If you click anywhere not on the page, but still in the window, the insert is canceled. If while clicking and dragging, you drag the insert pointer off the page, the insert is canceled. The object can also be deleted once inserted or any time thereafter. You can cancel the insert of a Fraction, Percent, Graph, Plot, or Table in their pop up dialog boxes using the Cancel button.

Objects can be resized or moved after the initial insertion. Thus it is not necessary to be overly concerned with exact placement on insertion. See Resizing and Moving Objects for more details.

Note: You can only have 12 Text Fields, and 6 each for other objects on the page at once.

Moving Object

To move any and all objects on the screen click the hand button in the tool pallet on the left. Click and drag objects on the screen to move them. Objects can not be dragged of the page.

Click hand to move objects: Click the arrow for all other editing.

Edit Mode

Click the arrow, seen above, to be in edit mode. In this mode you can resize objects or double-click them to edit. Edit Mode is the default mode. Pressing any insert button will put you in edit mode for insertion.

Resizing Objects

To resize an object it must be selected first. To select it simply click it once with the cursor. The object is outlined in blue and has resize handles( ) around it when selected. (Note: A double-click will begin editing.) After an object is selected click on resize handles () at the corner of the object and simply drag it while continuing to hold down the mouse button. When you let go of the mouse button, the object will be resized. Graphs and plots will redraw adjusting to their new size and shape, text fields and tables will reformat, other objects will also resize.

Object Commands

Undo Edit

The Undo button, , will undo the last edit of an object. You can undo Cuts, editing, and resizing. You can only undo the last object edited.

Delete or Cut Objects

To delete an object, select the object and then use the Cut, _, button on the toolbar, above the insert tools. The Cut command also copies the object to the clipboard where it can then be pasted onto the page again.

Copying Objects

Use the copy command if you want to copy an object to the program’s clipboard and then paste it onto the page – the way to duplicate an object. The Copy, _, button on the toolbar, above the insert tools. An object needs to be selected before it can be copied.

Pasting Objects

If you have previously copied or cut an object you can then paste it onto the current page. The paste option will be dimmed if there is nothing to paste. To paste you press the Paste, _, button on the toolbar, above the insert tools.

Editing Objects

To edit any object after the initial insertion just double-click it. You can use the resize handles to resize the object. Click an object just once to select. With it selected you can cut it, copy it or resize it.

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