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7. Highlight the X field in the Control panel and type 1, then press Tab to Note:
move the highlight to the Y field.
You can use math
As in dialog boxes, you can use the Tab key to move through the fields in the Control operators to add (+),
panel. The X and Y fields determine the position of the selected object. X defines the subtract (-), divide (/),
horizontal (left-to-right) position, and Y defines the vertical (top-to-bottom) position. or multiply (*) existing
values in the Control
8. With the Y field highlighted, type 9 and then press Return/Enter. panel. This is useful
Pressing Return/Enter applies your changes in the Control panel. You can also simply when you want to move
click away from the object to apply the changes, but then you would have to reselect the or change a value by a
object to make further changes. specific amount.

The bottom-left
reference point is
selected. Type +.5 after the value
to move the object
The bottom-left corner of down half an inch.
the object is positioned
at X: 1 in, Y: 9 in.

9. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

Clone, Align, And distribute multiple objeCts
As you should have already noticed, there is often more than one way to accomplish
the same task in InDesign. Aligning multiple objects on a page is no exception. In this
exercise you will explore a number of alignment options as you create the remaining
graphics frames for the client’s thumbnail images.

1. With gcm-letterhead.indd open, choose the Selection tool in the Tools
panel.

The Selection tool is used to select entire objects; the Direct Selection tool is used to
select parts of objects or the contents of a frame.
Using the Selection tool, you can:

• Click and drag a handle to resize selected objects.
• Shift-click and drag to resize objects proportionally.
• Command/Control-click and drag to scale selected objects.
• Command/Control-Shift-click and drag to scale selected objects proportionally.
• Press Option/Alt with any of these to apply the transformation around the
selection’s center point.

2. Click inside the area of the empty graphics frame to select the shape.

46 Project 1: Letterhead Design