Gobe Productive User's Guide - Moving Items

- Working in the graphics environment
- Drawing tools
- Pre-defined Shapes
- Pen Attributes
- Fill Color
- Text Color
- Customizing inks
- Customizing ink sets
- Transparency
- Moving items
- Resizing & Rotating items
- Aligning Items
- Reshaping, reorienting & smoothing shapes
- Arranging, grouping & locking items
- Creating Outlines
- Views & Layers
- Styles

# Moving Items

Mouse | Keyboard | Position Fields

There are three ways to position items on a page in the Gobe Productive suite.

## Mouse

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

1. Use the mouse and "grab" the item.
2. Move the item where you want. If AutoGrid is on, the item "snaps" to the gradients in the grid. For more information about AutoGrid, see the Working in the Graphics Environment topic.

## Keyboard

You can also move items using the arrow keys on the keyboard. If AutoGrid is on, the arrow keys move an item based on the grid. If AutoGrid is off, the item is moved a screen pixel at a time. This can be very useful for finely controlling the placement of an item on a page. For more information about AutoGrid, see the Working in the Graphics Environment topic.

## Position Fields

Another option for placing an item on the page is to use the position fields in the Graphics PartBar. These fields allow you to provide exact placement coordinates. The unit of measurement for these fields is established in the Preferences. See the Preferences topic for more information.

| Object Left: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the left side of the page. Click the number to activate the field. Once active, manually enter a new left position value.
| Object Top: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the top of the page. Click the number to activate the field. Once active, manually enter a new top position value.
| Object Right: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the right side of the page. Click the number to activate the field. Once active, manually enter a new right position value.
| Object Bottom: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the bottom of the page. Click the number to activate the field. Once active, manually enter a new bottom position value.
| Object Angle: This tool indicates the rotation of a graphic item. Click the number to activate the field. Once active, manually enter a new object angle.

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