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Moving objects, Duplicating, copying, and deleting objects – Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS User Manual

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AppleWorks 5 User’s Manual

Moving objects

Move selected objects with the pointer, the keyboard, or by using menu
commands.

Remember that you can usually reverse your most recent action by clicking

on the Default button bar, or choosing Undo from the Edit menu. To revert

to the most recently saved version of your document, choose Revert from the
File menu.

Note To move objects freely, without being constrained to the autogrid,
choose Turn Autogrid Off from the Options menu.

Duplicating, copying, and deleting objects

Once you create objects, you can duplicate, copy, or delete them.

To move

Select the object(s) and

Example

Any object,
including a frame

Hold down the mouse button while
dragging the object to the new
position. (Don’t drag a handle. If
you do, you’ll resize the object.)

An object in small
increments

Press the arrow keys

An object by specifying
its location

Choose Object Size from the Options
menu, type values in the top four
boxes in the size palette, and then
press Return

*

Choose Index from the

or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from

the list and click Go To Topic.

In the Help index,

*

see:

E

object size palette

E

positioning objects

Type here

In the Help index,

*

see:

E

duplicating

E

removing