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Item menu
The Item menu includes commands for controlling item attributes, positions,
grouping, sharing, and more.
Duplicate: Lets you create a copy of an item and its contents. ●
Super Step and Repeat: Lets you duplicate an active item multiple times and ●
specify scale, rotation, and shading for the duplicates.
Delete: Lets you delete a selected item and its contents. ●
Lock: Lets you prevent accidental changes to items and their contents by ●
locking its position or content.
Fit Box to Text: Reduces or enlarges the text box to fit the size of the text it ●
contains.
Merge Text Boxes: Lets you merge the contents of multiple text boxes into a ●
single text box.
Send & Bring: Lets you move an item one level backward in the page or ●
layer’s stacking order, move an item to the back of the page or layer, move an
item to the front of the page or layer, or move an item one level forward in the
page or layer’s stacking order.
Group/Ungroup: Lets you combine two or more active items (including lines, ●
boxes, text paths, tables, and other groups) into a group, or performs an
Ungroup on the currently selected grouped items.
Ungroup All: Lets you break a group into its component items. ●
Export Options: Lets you specify export options for tagged PDF export. ●
Space/Align: Lets you position the selected items evenly with regard to each ●
other or with regard to the page or spread.
Constrain/Unconstrain: Lets you restrict an item so that it cannot move ●
beyond the boundaries of the item to which it is constrained, or removes any
constrains applied to the item.
Content: Lets you change the content type of an item. ●
Shape: Lets you change the shape of an active item. ●
Merge or Split Paths: Lets you merge or split selected items in a number of ●
ways.
Point/Segment Type: Lets you change the point or segment type of an item ●
so you can manipulate points, curve handles, and line segments.
Convert Text To Boxes: Lets you convert the contents of a selected text box ●
to a Bézier box.