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Chapter 2
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Creating databases 59
Note If you don’t see the tool panel at the left side of the document
window, the status area might be hidden. Make sure you’re in Layout
mode (choose
View menu > Layout Mode), then click the status area
control
at the bottom-left corner of the document window.
Selecting objects
To work with an object on a layout, select it in Layout mode. You see
small black squares, or
handles, at the corners of the selected object.
To select an object, click the selection tool in the tool panel. The
pointer becomes an arrow pointer. Then do one of the following:
Note If an object’s selection handles are gray instead of black, the
object is locked.
For more information about working with objects on a layout, see
Help.
Selection
tool
Toolbars
Tool panel in Layout mode
Handles appear at the
corners of a selected object
To select In Layout mode, do this
One object With the arrow pointer, click the object. (If the object is
transparent, click its border.)
Several objects at
once
Drag the arrow pointer to make a selection box that
completely surrounds the objects. (If you press Ctrl
(Windows) or 2 (Mac OS) while dragging, the selection
box does not have to completely surround the objects.)
Or, press Shift as you click each object individually.
All objects on the
layout
Choose Edit menu > Select All.
All objects of the
same type (for
example, all text
objects or all
rectangles)
Choose View menu > Toolbars > Arrange to show the
Arrange toolbar. Select an object, then click the Select
Objects by Type button in the Arrange toolbar.
Or, click the tool for the type of object to select, then
choose Edit menu > Select All. (This method does not work
for buttons, fields, and portals.)
All fields With the arrow pointer, click a field, press Shift
(Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and choose Edit menu >
Select All (Windows) or Select Same (Mac OS).
Or, select a field, then click the Select Objects by Type
button in the Arrange toolbar.
A portal With the arrow pointer, click the border of the portal, or
any other area within the portal that doesn’t contain a field
or object.
Tab controls, tab
panels, and objects
in tab panels
See Help for information on creating and working with tab
controls.
Deselect selected
objects
Click a blank area of the layout or any tool in the tool
panel.
Or, press Shift and click selected objects.