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If the Item tool is selected when you are using the arrows in the Measurements palette
or the arrow keys on the keyboard, the box will move instead of the picture within the
box. See "Moving items" for more information about moving pictures.
Resizing pictures
You can scale pictures to make them larger or smaller using the Picture Content tool ,
the Item menu (Item > Modify), the Style menu, or the Measurements palette. After
importing a picture into a box, you can choose Fit Box to Picture and Scale Picture to
Box from the context menu (or Style menu). Press the Shift key while resizing a picture
with the Picture Content tool to resize the picture proportionately.
Cropping pictures
If you only want a portion of your image to display, you can manually crop it by adjusting
the size of the box.
Rotating and skewing pictures
Rotating a picture sets it at a different angle within the box, while skewing a picture applies
a slanted look to it.
To rotate a picture, select the Picture Content tool and move the mouse over one of
the picture's corner handles. A Rotation pointer displays according to the selected corner.
Drag the pointer to rotate the picture. You can also enter rotate values for a picture in the
Picture Angle field of the Modify dialog box (Item > Modify > Picture) or the
Measurements palette (Classic tab).
To skew a picture, enter a value in the Picture Skew field of the Modify dialog box (Item >
Modify) or the Measurements palette (Classic tab).
Coloring and shading pictures
You can apply color and shade values to the shadows and middle tones of black-and-white
and grayscale pictures using the Colors palette (Window > Colors), the Modify dialog
box (Item menu) (Style > Picture), or the Style menu. You can also apply color to the
picture background and the box background.
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To apply color to a black-and-white or grayscale picture, select the Picture Color icon
in the Colors palette and click a color name.
• To apply color to the background of a black-and-white or grayscale picture, select the
Picture Background Color icon in the Colors palette and click a color name.
Flipping pictures
You can flip the contents of a picture box from left to right and from top to bottom using
the Style menu (Style > Flip Horizontal or Style > Flip Vertical) or the Classic tab of the
Measurements palette (click the flip horizontal icon or the flip vertical icon ).
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