containers

A Container encapsulates selected objects for advanced editing.
Containers:

To create a Container:

1. Select Container Mode
2. Drag out a rectangle encapsulating the objects to be included in a Container. Any objects pre-existing on the page which are within the container will be included in it, and any object subsequently created or moved into the rectangle will also be included. An object is considered to be included if its top left corner falls inside the container rectangle.
3. Once a Container is established, moving the container using its left or top border will also move all the included objects.
4. Right click on the background of the container to pop up a Container Editing Menu.

- Reduce repetitive tasks. (Such as deleting or copying objects, etc).
- Aligns objects accurately.
- Are not visible when printed or displayed as a web page.
- Allows groups of objects to be moved collectively.
* Menu tools can be used consecutively - Align Left, Align Right, Align Heights, etc).

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2. Drag out a rectangle around the objects to be considerd contents of the Container.

4. Right Mouse click to see the Container editing menu.

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Once a conatiner is established:

1. It may be dragged with the top and left side border.
2. The Container dimensions may be altered with the right side and bottom border.
3. All objects within the Container are subject to the Container Editing Menu.

Container Menu

1. Cancel - Close the Container editing menu; alternatively click anywhere on the page to Cancel.

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2. Copy - Copy the contents of the Container, paste in another location with a right mouse click.

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3. Delete Container - Delete a Container (not the contents).

4. Delete All - The contents of this Container will be deleted.

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5. Apply Properties - Apply the properties set in the Container Editing Menu (Properties).

6. Align Left - Align the left borders of the objects. (Tip - Use in conjuction with Align Right).

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7. Align Right - Align the widths of the objects. (Tip - Use in conjuction with Align Left).

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8. Align Tops - Align the top borders of the objects. Arrange object with horizontal spacing to avoid overlap.

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9. Align Heights - All of the objects will be given the same height of the top object (In this case the 'This' box height).

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10. Align Vertically - The objects will be consistently spaced (vertically).

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11. Space Horizontally - Tops must first be aligned. The maginitude of consistent Horizontal space between objects is set on the right side of the document page (in this case 250).

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12. Remove Borders - Remove borders and background colour.

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13. Properties - Set Properties and Apply Properties to the contents of the Container.

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