Operation Manual

238 Editing Objects
To uncrop (restore full visibility):
• Click the Remove Crop button on the Crop context toolbar.
Cropping to a shape
The Crop to Shape command works with exactly two objects selected. Either or
both of these may be a group object. The lower object (the one behind the other)
gets clipped to the outline of the upper object, leaving a shape equivalent to the
overlapping region.
To crop to shape:
1. Place the "clipping" object in front of the object to be cropped, using
the Arrange menu and/or Arrange toolbar as needed. In the
illustration above, a QuickShape (Quick Thought Bubble) is in front
of a holiday.
2. With both objects selected (or grouped), choose Crop to Shape from
the Tools menu.
Combining lines and shapes
Combining curves is a way of creating a composite object from two or more
lines or drawn shapes. As with cropping to a shape, the object in front clips the
object(s) behind, in this case leaving one or more "holes" where the component
objects overlapped. As with grouping, you can apply formatting (such as line or
fill) to the combined object and continue to edit individual nodes and segments
with the Pointer Tool. Unlike those other methods, a combined object
permanently takes the line and fill properties of the front object. Combining is
reversible, but the component objects keep the line and fill properties of the
combined object.