Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 342)

334 USING INDESIGN CS4
Drawing
Smoothness Controls the amount of smoothing applied when you use the tool. Smoothness can range from 0% to
100%; the higher the value, the smoother the path.
Keep Selected Determines whether to keep the path selected after you smooth it.
Reshape closed paths or objects
1 Using the Direct Selection tool , do one of the following:
• Drag around the anchor points you want to select.
• Hold down Shift as you click the anchor points you want to select.
2 Position the pointer over the anchor point or path segment that you want to act as a focal point (that is, a point that
pulls the selected path segments), and click the anchor point or path segment.
3 Drag the highlighted anchor points to adjust the path. The amount of movement of a given path segment is relative
to its distance from a highlighted point:
• Selected points that act as the focal point move with the selection tool during dragging.
• Selected points that aren’t the focal point move in tandem with the dragged focal point.
• Unselected anchor points are not affected by reshaping.
Crop content using the Position tool
The Position tool in InDesign functions similarly to the Crop tool in Adobe PageMaker. The Position tool works
in conjunction with the Selection tool to help control the placement of content within a frame as well as change the
size of the frame.
The Position tool is dynamic, automatically changing to reflect different states. When it’s placed directly over a
graphic, it changes to the Hand tool, to indicate that you can drag the content within a frame. When it’s over a text
frame, it changes to an I-beam, to indicate a text insertion point.
You can also use the Position tool to adjust inline images and nonimage content, such as text frames and buttons.
1 Put the pointer over the Direct Selection tool in the toolbox, and hold down the mouse button. When the
Position tool appears, select the tool.
Selecting the Position tool from the toolbox
2 Select the frame of the graphic that you want to crop.
Important: Make sure you select the frame and not the graphic itself.
3 To resize the graphics frame, place the Position tool over any handle on the frame, and drag until only the part of
the graphic you want in your document remains. To show more of the graphic, drag away from the center of the
graphic.
Updated 18 June 2009