User Guide

Working with text 55
• Pick selector — to move text frames between layers
2 Point to the selected text frame.
The pointer becomes a four-headed arrow.
3 Drag the text frame to a new location.
For more information about auto-panning, see “To view a document that
falls outside the current workspace view” on page 25.
For information about making onionskins active, see “To select an onionskin”
on page 37.
If you place a text frame in an onionskin, add some text, select the text frame
with the Te x t tool
, and move the text frame to an area that falls outside
the active onionskin, the onionskin is resized automatically to accommodate
the text frame.
You can also move a text frame by tapping Te x t in the toolbox, tapping
anywhere in a text frame, pointing to the selection box, and, when the cursor
changes to a four-headed arrow, dragging the text frame to a new location in
the workspace.
You can also move a text frame by selecting the text frame with the Pick
selector
or Lasso selector , tapping Cut on the standard toolbar,
moving to another location in the workspace, and tapping Paste
on the
standard toolbar. If you have an active onionskin in the workspace, the text
frame is pasted to the onionskin.
You can also
Move a text frame to an area that falls
outside the current workspace view
In the toolbox, open the Selection tools
flyout, and tap the Pick selector . Drag
the text frame toward the edge of the
current workspace view to enable auto-
panning.
Move a text frame from one onionskin to
another
Make the onionskin that contains the text
frame active. In the toolbox, open the
Selection tools flyout, and tap the Pick
selector . Drag the frame to another
onionskin.