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Manually moving items using the Item tool . If you hold down the mouse before moving
a box or text path, you can see the contents as you move the item. You can also "nudge"
items by selecting the Item tool and pressing an arrow key on your keyboard.
The box's item handles demarcate the bounding box. The best way to view the bounding
box clearly is to use the Item tool to select item handles on a Bézier box.
Cutting, copying, and pasting items
When the Item tool is selected, the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands (Edit menu) are
available for active boxes, lines, and text paths. Choose Edit > Paste (Command+V/Ctrl+V)
to place a copy of the items contained on the Clipboard in the center of the project window.
When the Item tool is selected, you can remove items with the Delete command.
Deleted items are not copied to the Clipboard.
Controlling the stacking order of items
When two or more items overlap, each is either positioned in front of or behind the other
item. The term "stacking order" refers to the front-to-back relationship of the various items
on a page. Each item you create occupies its own level in the stacking order. Every new
item you create becomes the front item.
The Item menu includes commands that let you control item stacking order.
• Choose Item > Send to Back to move an item to the back of the page or layer.
• Choose Item > Bring to Front to move an item to the front of the page or layer.
• To move an item one level backward in the page or layer on Mac OS X, press Option and
choose Item > Send Backward. On Windows, choose Item > Send Backward.
• To move an item one level forward in the page or layer on Mac OS X, press Option and
choose Item > Bring Forward. On Windows, choose Item > Bring Forward.
In a document with layers, the layers themselves are in a particular stacking order; within
each layer, each item has its own relationship to the stacking order. When you use the
Send to Back, Send Backward, Bring to Front, and Bring Forward commands (Item
menu), the stacking order of the items is altered within the layer.
To activate an item that is hidden behind other items, select the Item tool and press
Command+Option+Shift/Ctrl+Alt+Shift while you click repeatedly at the point where
multiple items overlap. Pressing Command+Option+Shift/Ctrl+Alt+Shift while clicking
will successively activate items from the front of the stacking order to the back.
Grouping items
You can combine multiple items on a page or spread into a single group. Grouping items
is useful when you want to select or move several items simultaneously. You can move,
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