User Guide

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User Guide
To add images or other objects to the layout grid
❖ Do one of the following:
• Drag image files or other media files from the site window onto the layout grid or a layout text box on the grid.
Dragging the file from the site window automatically creates a resource link between the page and the image or
media file.
• Drag object placeholder icons (such as Smart Objects or components) from the objects toolbox onto the grid and
link its source file in the Inspector.
• Paste copies of layout text boxes, images, and other objects into a layout grid by clicking in an empty area of the
layout grid and choosing Edit > Paste.
Whiledragging layers,layoutgridtext boxes, andimage mapareas,you canshowvisualsmart guides in thelayout
window by choosing View > Show Smart Guides before you drag.
See also
“To add Smart Objects to pages” on page 360
“Adding multimedia” on page 349
“About links” on page 167
To add a tiled background image to a layout grid
1
Select the layout grid.
2 In the Layout Grid Inspector, select Background Image, and then select an image file.
3 To resize the Layout Grid to the size of the image, select Use Image Size.
To add a background color to a layout grid
❖ In the Layout Grid Inspector, select Background Color, click the color field, and select a color from the Color or
Swatches palette.
Grouping and arranging objects on layout grids
To group or ungroup objects
Only objects placed on a layout grid can be grouped. Grouping objects is a great time saver if you need to move
multiple objects at once and don’t want their position to change in relation to each other. (Grouping is one of the key
advantages of the layout grid because it can’t be done using a standard HTML table.)
1 Select the objects on the layout grid that you want to group or ungroup. Click to select the first object, and then
Shift-click to select each additional object. (You can’t group layers.)
2 Click the Group Selection or Ungroup Selection button on the toolbar, or the Layout Group button or the
Layout Ungroup button
in the Transform palette.
To reposition an object or group of objects
❖ Select the objects and drag them on the layout grid, or enter precise pixel values for the horizontal or vertical
position using the toolbar or Transform palette.