Brother International PDP350CJ Owner's Manual - English - Page 241

You can also use this feature to save any transformations (skewing, rotating, scaling, and so on) for a single object. That way, you can protect against losing these transformations should you later untransform the object. For more information, see Untransforming Objects" in this chapter. You can reverse this conversion process to break a single graphic object down to its component parts so that you can edit them individually. "To convert objects to a graphic object: 1. Select one or more objects that you want to convert. 2. Choose Convert from the Transform menu. A submenu appears. 3. Choose Convert to Graphic. Drawingconverts selected objects to a single object. "To convert from a graphic: 1. Select one or more graphic objects which you want to convert from graphic. 2. Choose Convert from the Transform menu. A submenu appears. 3. Choose Convert From Graphic. Drawingconverts the selected graphic to its component objects. Arranging Objects The Arrange menu provides several ways of controlling placement of objects in your drawing. Moving Objects to the Front or Back You can also use keyboard shortcuts to move selected objects to the front or back. Open the Arrange menu and press F (as in "Front") to bring the selected object to the front; press B (as in "Back") to move the selected object to the back. To Pull Forward, press SHIFT + F. To Push Back, press SHIFT + B. This technique is useful when you cannot see objects in the layers of a stack of objects. You can select an object that is visible and move it back one layer at a time, each time revealing the object that was immediately behind it. Whenever two or more objects overlap, you can choose to send one of the objects all the way to the back of the others or to bring it to the front. "To move an object to the front or back: 1. Select the object you want to move to the front or back. 2. From the Arrange menu, choose either Bring to Front or Send to Back. The objects are rearranged accordingly. "To "pull" an object forward or "push" it back one layer: 1. Select the object you want to pull forward or push back. 2. From the Arrange menu, choose either Pull Forward or Push Back. The object is moved accordingly. Drawing 226