Adding, copying, and deleting objects
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To add objects to a form design
You can add objects to a form design
in several ways. After you add an object, you can define the object’s
properties.
To add an object using the Insert menu
Do one of
the following actions:
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Select Insert > Standard
>
[object]
.
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Select Insert > Barcodes >
[object]
.
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Select Insert > Custom >
[object]
.
To add an object from the Object Library palette
Do one of the following actions:
To add several objects of the same type
Do one of
the following actions:
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In the Object Library palette,
click the object and then select View > Keep Drawing. You can
use the Keep Drawing command for any object. To disable this feature,
select View > Keep Drawing again or press Escape.
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Click the Draw Fields button in the Tools toolbar and then
select the object from the drop-down list. The Draw Fields button
is only available for those objects in the drop-down list. To disable
this feature, click the Select Tool or the Hand Tool button in the
Tools toolbar.
When these commands are selected,
you can insert as many copies of an object as you require without
selecting the object from the Object Library palette each time.
To cut, copy, and paste objects
You can cut, copy, and paste
objects by using the menu or keyboard shortcuts.
Duplicating an object is the equivalent of copying and pasting
an object. By default, the duplicate is placed just below and to
the right of the original. If you drag the duplicate to a new position
and then duplicate it, the next duplicate and any subsequent duplicates
are placed the same distance and direction away from the last duplicate.
You can make as many duplicates as will fit in the active content
area.
To cut or copy and paste an object
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Select one or
more objects.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To cut an
object, select Edit > Cut.
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To copy an object, select Edit > Copy.
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Select Edit > Paste.
If the pointer is
on a page, the object is pasted beneath the pointer. Otherwise, the
object is pasted in the upper left corner of the active content
area.
To copy a group of objects
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In the Hierarchy palette,
select the group node.
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Select Edit > Copy.
To make multiple copies of one or more objects
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In
the form design or in the Hierarchy palette, select one or more
objects.
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Select Edit > Copy Multiple.
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Type a number in the Number Of Copies box. You can make as
many copies as will fit in the active content area.
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Select options for Vertical Placement and Horizontal Placement.
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To increase the amount of vertical space between the copied
and original objects, in the Vertical Spacing area, select Offset
By and type the distance in the adjacent box.
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To increase the amount of horizontal space between the copied
and original objects, in the Horizontal Spacing area, select Offset
By and type the distance in the adjacent box.
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Click OK. The copies are added to the page and all of the
objects, both original and copied, are selected.
To duplicate objects
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Select one or more objects.
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Select Edit > Duplicate.
To duplicate an object by dragging it
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Drag the object
to the spot where you want to place the duplicate.
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Press Ctrl and release the mouse button.
To delete objects
You
can delete any selected object.
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Select one or more objects.
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Do one of the following actions:
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Select Edit
> Delete.
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Press Delete.
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