Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 391)

383 USING INDESIGN CS4
Frames and objects
Note: The context menu options are sensitive to the location of the pointer.
Select multiple nested objects
1 Using the Direct Selection tool , click the nested object.
2 Hold down Shift as you click each additional nested object you want to select.
Selection options
Options on the Select submenu (choose Object > Select or choose Select on the context menu) help you select
overlapping, nested, or grouped objects. The availability of some options depends on the type of objects you’re working
with. When using the context menu, the object selected depends on the position of the pointer.
First Object Above Selects the object at the top of the stack.
Next Object Above Selects the object just above the current object.
Next Object Below Selects the object just below the current object.
Last Object Below Selects the object at the bottom of the stack.
Content Selects the content of the selected graphics frame, or, if a group is selected, selects an object within the group.
You can also click the Select Content button in the Control panel.
Container Selects the frame enclosing the selected object, or, if an object within a group is selected, selects the group
that contains it. You can also click the Select Container button in the Control panel.
Previous Object / Next Object Selects the next or previous object in the group if the selected object is part of a group,
or, if an ungrouped object is selected, selects the next or previous object on the spread. Shift-click to skip by five. Ctrl-
click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac
OS) to select the first or last object in a stack.
Arrange objects in a stack
Overlapping objects are stacked in the order in which they are created or imported. You can use the Arrange submenu
to change the stacking order of objects.
Arranging objects is not the same as using the Layers panel. A separate stack of objects exists within each named layer,
and the Object > Arrange menu commands control stacking only within each named layer. If you haven’t created any
named layers, your document contains just one stack of objects on the single default layer. Objects on masters exist at
the back of each named layer.
Note: Grouping objects might change their stacking order (in relation to ungrouped objects).
1 Select the object you want to move forwards or backwards in a stack.
2 Do any of the following:
• To move a selected object to the front or back of a stack, choose either Object > Arrange > Bring to Front or
Object > Arrange > Send to Back.
• To move a selected object forward or backward past the next object in a stack, choose either Object > Arrange >
Bring Forward or Object > Arrange > Send Backward.
Updated 18 June 2009