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Manipulating graphics
When you position the mouse pointer on a graphic object’s sizing handle, the mouse or Touch pointer becomes a double-headed arrow that you can then drag to increase or decrease the overall size and shape of the object. To constrain a graphic while resizing it, click the sizing handle and then press and hold down the Shift key as you drag. Holding down the Shift key restricts your dragging so that the graphic retains its original proportions as you make it bigger or smaller. To constrain the proportions of an object in two dimensions, hold down the Shift key as you drag one of the corner sizing handles.
When you position the mouse or Touch pointer on a graphic object’s rota- tion handle, the pointer becomes a curved arrow pointing clockwise. As you prepare to drag the rotation handle, the pointer becomes four curved arrows in a circle pointing in the clockwise direction. You can then rotate the graphic to any degree in a circle that pivots around the rotation handle.
When you position the mouse or Touch pointer on a graphic’s shaping handle (if it has one), the pointer becomes an arrowhead without any handle. You can then drag this pointer to reshape the side or section of the graphic. In the case of some 3-D graphic shapes, dragging the shaping handle rotates a part of the graphic in such a way that it alters the object’s perspective, thus changing the way it’s viewed.
To move the selected graphic object, position the mouse or Touch pointer somewhere inside the object’s perimeter. Then, when the pointer becomes an arrowhead with a black double-cross at its point, drag the object to its new position within the worksheet. To copy the selected object, hold down the Ctrl key as you drag the graphic. (When you press the Ctrl key, a plus sign, indicating that the object is being copied, appears above the arrow- head pointer.)
When moving graphics in a worksheet, you can make use of an invisible grid to help you position them. This is especially helpful when you’re trying to align one graphic with another (for example, when aligning two charts side by side in a worksheet). To turn on the grid, you do one of the following, depending on the type of graphic object:
✦ ChoosetheSnaptoGridoptionfromtheAlignObjectsbutton’sdrop-down menu on the Format tab on the Drawing Tools contextual tab when the selected graphic object is a drawn graphic such as a predefined shape, text box, a piece of clip art, or WordArt. Choose the Picture Tools con- textual tab when the selected graphic object is a shape, picture, clip
art image, digital photo, or screenshot created with any of the options (Pictures, Online Pictures, Shapes, or Screenshot) on the Illustrations button’s drop-down menu on the Ribbon’s Insert tab.
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Book V Chapter 2
Adding Graphic Objects