Manipulating and Modifying Selected Elements

You can manipulate or modify groups of elements by selecting them first with the Element Selection tool.

To move elements with the Element Selection tool

1. In the Element Selection tool box, select the Element Selection tool.


2. Select the element or elements to be moved.
   The selected element is bracketed with handles
   see footnote 13 .


3. Drag a selected element by any point on the element that is not a handle.

To scale or modify a selected element

1. From the Workspace menu, choose Preferences.
   The Preferences dialog box opens.


2. In the Operation category, if Disable Edit Handles is on, turn it off.
   see footnote 14


3. In the Element Selection tool box, select the Element Selection tool.


4. Select the element.
   The selected element is bracketed with handles.


5. Drag the appropriate handle to make the desired change.

   Element	Handle	Modification
   Arc	Midpoint Endpoints	Radius see footnote 15 Sweep angle
   Block	Corner Segment midpt.	Scale about opposite handle Scale width or height about opposite handle
   B-spline curve Complex chain Complex shape	Any	Scale about opposite handle
   Circle	Axis endpoint	Modify axis
   Ellipse	Axis endpoint Corner	Modify axis Scale about center
   Line Line string Multi-line Shape see footnote 16	Any	Move vertex at handle
   Text	Left or right Top or bottom	Scale width about opposite handle Scale height about opposite handle




The easiet way to open the Text Editor window is to double-click on an existing text element with the Element Selection tool. Double-clicking opens the Text Editor window.