User Guide
Chapter 9 Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects 217
Modifying Objects
You can resize objects, change their orientation, modify their border styles, add
shadows and reections to them, and adjust their opacity.
To learn how to Go to
Change an object’s size “Resizing Objects” on page 217
Flip or rotate an object “Flipping and Rotating Objects” on page 218
Format a border around objects “Changing the Style of Borders” on page 218
Place a picture frame around an object “Framing Objects” on page 219
Add shadows to create an appearance of depth “Adding Shadows” on page 220
Add a reection that reects vertically downward “Adding a Reection” on page 221
Make objects more or less opaque “Adjusting Opacity” on page 222
Resizing Objects
You can resize an object by dragging its handles or typing exact dimensions.
Here are ways to resize objects:
To resize an object by dragging, select the object and then drag one of its selection m
handles. To resize an object in one direction, drag a side handle instead of a corner
handle.
To resize the object from its center, press the Option key as you drag.
To maintain an object’s proportions, hold down the Shift key as you drag. You can
also click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Metrics inspector button, and then select
“Constrain proportions” before dragging.
To show the size of an object when you drag a selection handle, choose Numbers
> Preferences, and then select “Show size and position when moving objects” in the
General pane.
To resize an object using exact proportions, select the object, click Inspector in the m
toolbar, click the Metrics inspector button, and then use the Width and Height controls.
To resize several objects at once, select the objects, click Inspector in the toolbar, click m
the Metrics inspector button, and then type new values in the Width and Height elds.
Select the object, and then click Original Size in the Metrics inspector. m
If you resized a very large image le but need to use only the smaller version in
your spreadsheet, you can have Numbers keep only a smaller copy of the image,
thus reducing the overall size of your document. See “Reducing Image File Sizes” on
page 195.