Brother International PDP350CJ Owner's Manual - English - Page 226

Mouse selection is useful when you want to move or change the tone of several objects that are next to each other. You must use the mouse to accomplish this procedure. You can deselect individual objects in the group by holding down the CODE key and clicking on them again. To select all but a couple of objects in your drawing, choose Select All from the Edit menu, then press the CODE key and click only those objects you want to deselect. "To select several objects: 1. Click on the pointer tool. 2. Move the arrow pointer above and to one side of the objects you want to select. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse across the area you want to select. As you move the pointer, a box with a dotted outline appears. 3. Continueto drag and stretch this box over the objects you want to select. As you enclose objects, their handles appear, indicating that they are selected. 4. When all the objects you want to select fall completely within the selection box, release the mouse button. The box disappears, and the object or objects within the area remainselected. "To select several objects that are not next to each other: 1. Using any of the drawing tools, place the pointer or crosshairs on the first object you want to select. Hold down CODE and click. Handles appear around the object. 2. Continue to hold down CODE while you click each of the other objects you want to select, one by one. Handles appear around each object. "To select all objects: Choose Select All from the Edit menu. Handles appear around all the objects in the drawing. OR Using the keyboard, press CODE + /. Handles appear around all the objects in the drawing. Resizing Objects Just as objects are not fixed to their original positions, they are not fixed at their original size. You can enlarge and reduce objects by dragging any of an object's resize handles. Dragging toward the center of the object reduces it, while dragging away from the center enlarges it. As you drag, an outline shows the changing size of the object. "To change the size of an object: 1. Select the object you want to resize. Resize handles appear around the object. 2. Drag one of the resize handles (but not the move handle in the center of the object). S To resize the object around its center point, hold down the C key or the comma [,] key while dragging. S To proportionally resize an object, hold down SHIFT while you drag one of the corner handles. S To proportionally size around the center point, hold down both the C key and SHIFT while you drag a corner handle. 3. When the object is the size you want, release the mouse. The object appears in place. Drawing 211