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4. Click the arrow to the left of the <group> item to expand the group.

5. Click the Select Item button for the first <rectangle> item in the group.
This method makes it easy to work with individual items in a group without first
breaking apart the group.
Click the arrows to
expand or collapse
a layer or group.
The smaller square
indicates that one or
more objects in the
group are selected.
Click this icon to
select a specific item
within the group.

While still part of the group,
only one frame is selected. Note:

6. In the Properties panel, check the Auto-Fit box, then click the Options You can also use the
button. Direct Selection tool to
select individual objects
In this case, you know how much space is available, but you don’t yet know the size within a group.
of the images intended to fill the space. You can use the Frame Fitting options to
determine what will happen when you place any image into the existing frames.

Check this option...
...then click the
Options button.

7. In the Frame Fitting Options dialog box, choose Fill Frame Proportionally
in the Fitting menu, choose the top-left point in the Align From proxy,
and click OK.
When an image is placed into this frame, it will fill the
entire frame, and the aspect ratio of the image will be Check this option...
maintained.
...then choose the top-left
The Align From reference points determine the position registration point.
of the placed content relative to the frame. In this case,
the top-left corner of the content will be anchored to
the top-left corner of the frame.

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