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You can enter numeric values into any field. e.g. to reduce the size of an object by
20% you can enter 80% into the W field (which is a % size). The little padlock
selects whether both the width and height change together.
Copying Objects
You can use the usual "EDIT" > "COPY" ("Ctrl + C") and "EDIT" > "PASTE" ("Ctrl + V")
options or right click an object and choose
COPY, but a really quick way to copy any
item is drag on it with the right mouse button.
You can also copy and paste a page anywhere in your document from the current
document or another document – see Copying and pasting (on page 52) pages.
Right-click menus
When you right-click any object in the MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013
workspace, a drop-down menu lists useful operations that are relevant to the object
clicked on. For example, if you right-click a rectangle you've drawn previously, the
drop-down menu allows you to perform actions only relevant to a rectangle.
If you right-click a photo, however, some of the menu options that appear apply only
to photos, while others are similar to the actions you can perform on a rectangle. The
object-specific operations are listed towards the top of the right-click menu's list, e.g.,
in the case of a rectangle the first three actions above apply only to rectangles.
You can also right click both the page and pasteboard to see a menu of page- and
pasteboard-related operations you can apply.
If you select more than one object and right-click, the menu lists actions specific to
multiple objects, such as group, align and combine, as well as the common operations
such as cut, copy and delete. Similarly if you right-click objects that you have
previously grouped, actions specific to a group are displayed.
It's recommended that you right-click any object or multiple objects in the workspace
to access the menu specific to those objects. Once you've done this a few times you
will know which actions you can quickly perform with right-click menus.
Using Templates & Clipart
Open the Designs Gallery by clicking the DESIGNS GALLERY tab in the Galleries
bar (or use "
FILE" > "NEW FROM DESIGNS GALLERY").
This shows folders containing collections of template designs and clipart. Browse
through the folders and double click to open any file as a new document or drag and
drop designs and widgets onto your page.