Gobe Productive User's Guide - Resizing Items

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# Resizing & Rotating Items

Resize an Item | Rotate an Item

Resizing a graphic object changes its shape or size. When selected, an item displays small black squares at each corner and at each side. These black squares are handles. Use them to resize the item. You can resize any graphic item including frames using these handles.

## To Resize an Item

Select the item. If the item is a frame, make sure the frame is not active. You cannot resize a frame while it is active.

1. Make sure the selection pointer is in normal mode. You can change this using the Selection Tool on the ToolBar, or you can select Resize from the Arrange menu.
2. Position the cursor over one of the handles. If you want to change the width of the item, position the cursor over one of the side handles. If you want to change the height of an item, position the cursor over the top or bottom handle. Likewise, if you want to change both height and width, position the cursor over one of the corner handles.
3. When the cursor changes to a cross-hair (+), click and hold the primary mouse button.
4. Drag-out the size for the item. If you are resizing a frame, the contents of the frame may shift to fill the new size of the frame.

If you wish to resize an item to an exact height and width, use the size fields in the Graphics PartBar.

| Object Width: This tool indicates the width of a graphic item. Click the number to activate the field. Once active, manually enter a new width value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu. See the Preferences topic for more information.
| Object Height: This tool indicates the height of a graphic item. Click the number to activate the field. Once active, manually enter a new height value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu. See the Preferences topic for more information.

## To Rotate an Item

Rotation works almost the same as resizing, except that you must change the selection pointer mode. You can rotate any item, including frames.

Use the selection tool and change the pointer mode from normal to rotate . See the Toolbar topic for more information about this ToolBar item. Or select Rotate from the Arrange menu to change the pointer.

1. Select the item you wish to rotate (if it is not already selected).
2. Position the cursor over one of the handles on the item.
3. When the cursor changes to a rotation symbol , click and hold the primary mouse button.
4. Rotate the item as desired.
5. Release the mouse button to "drop" the item.

If you wish to rotate an item to an exact position, use the Object Angle field in the Graphics PartBar. The angle is always in relation to the "normal" or default plane. For example, 90 degrees is always 90 degrees from the normal position, not 90 degrees from the position the image is in at the time of rotation.

| Object Angle: This tool indicates the rotation of a graphic item. Click the number to activate the field. Once active, manually enter a new rotation angle.

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