HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant - User's Guide

Selecting items and text

After you place an item in your workspace, you can make

various kinds of changes to it, but rst the item must be

selected. For example, you must select an image to resize it

or change its transparency, or select text to change its color

and font, or select a frame to delete it or change its width.

You can select any item in your workspace: images, clip art,

phrases, text, backgrounds, frames, and shapes. You can

also select items layered inside shapes.

Selecting items

To select an item in your workspace:

• Click the item. Small squares appear

around it to indicate this is the

currently selected item.

• If you are selecting an item that is

underneath other items, click the

portion of the item that is visible,

or move other items backward as

needed to get to the item you want

(see “Working with layers” on

page 44).

Note: To see which item is selected, check the item status

indicator.

Selecting shapes, frames, and items inside

To select shapes and items within shapes:

• Frames: Double-click the outline

of the shape.

• Items inside the shape: Double-click

items within a shape. If your shape