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You can also hold down the right mouse button and drag a copy of the object. Left
click to leave a copy at the current mouse position.
Fills
Usually, moving an object also moves the fill with it:
Normal move left to right with a linear filled object.
This also applies to rotating, skewing, scaling and
stretching objects.
Page & Layout Designer can also move the object but not the fill origin.
To do this click the "−" key on the numeric keypad
during the move.
The same move, but pressing "−" (minus) during the
drag.
Nudging objects
Usually you can move an object a small amount by using the arrowkeys to nudge the
object (these keys sometimes have other uses, especially in the
TEXT TOOL).
Nudging is not affected by either magnetic or grid snapping (snapping is described
later).
Nudge modifiers
To modify the nudge distance, use these key combinations while using the arrow
keys:
• Ctrl nudge 5 times the normal distance
• Shift nudge 10 times the normal distance
• Ctrl + Shift nudge by l/5th the normal distance
• Alt nudge by 1 pixel
• Alt + Shift nudge by 10 pixels
You can change the normal nudge distance under the
GENERAL tab in "UTILITIES" >
"
OPTIONS". Refer to "Customizing Page & Layout Designer (on page 348)".
Nudge works in most tools.
Cut, copy and paste
These let you move or copy an object in the same document or between different
documents. The procedure is:
1. Select the object.