Operation Manual

Working with objects | 227
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Extent of selection — distributes the objects over the area of the bounding box surrounding them
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Extent of page — distributes the objects over the drawing page
Applying object hinting
Object hinting allows you to improve object rendering by adjusting the display of an object so that it lines up with the pixel grid. For
example, if you’re creating a button for the web, you can enable object hinting to ensure the object appears clean and sharp when
exporting it as a bitmap.
The Pixel view of a square (left) with a 1-pixel line width that was created without
object hinting. A copy of the square (right) displayed with object hinting applied.
To apply object hinting
1 Select an object.
2
Click Object Object hinting.
Changing the order of objects
You can change the stacking order of objects on a layer by sending objects to the front or back, or behind or in front of other objects. You
can also position objects precisely in the stacking order, as well as reverse the stacking order of multiple objects.
Changing the stacking order corrects the appearance of this graphic by bringing the object
to the front. (Tip: Hold down Alt and drag the pointer to select any object you intersect.)
To change the order of objects
1 Select an object.
2
Click Object Order, and click one of the following:
• To frontof page — moves the selected object in front of all other objects on the page
• To back of page — moves the selected object behind all other objects on the page