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658 Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts

Flatten photo group
Converts a photo group to a single bitmap.

Alignment (Ctrl+Shift+L)
Or right click and choose ALIGN.

Used to align several objects. Has no effect when a single object is selected (refer to
Object Handling (on page 102) for more information).

Join Shapes (Arrange control bar or Ctrl +J)
Used to create holes within shapes (refer to Shape Handling (on page 151) for more
information).
Break Shapes (Arrange control bar)

Cancels a JOIN SHAPES command (refer to Shape Handling (on page 148) for more
information).

Combine Shapes (Arrange control bar)
The Combine Shapes sub-menu lets you:

• Add shapes together.
• Or subtract the top shape from the other shapes.
• Or discard parts of other shapes not covered by the top shape.
• Or use the top shape to slice the other shapes.
• Or use intersecting shapes to create slices of the grouped shapes.
Only shapes in the selection are combined. Unselected shapes do not change (refer to
chapter Shape handling (on page 148) for more information).
Convert Line to Shape

This option converts a line into a shape.
Convert to Editable Shapes (Arrange control bar Ctrl+Shift+S)

Convert predefined objects such as rectangles, ellipses, and text into shapes, i.e.
Designer Pro no longer sees them as rectangles, ellipses or text but as a collection of
straight and curved lines.

Create Bitmap Copy (Ctrl+Shift+C)
CREATE BITMAP COPY creates a bitmap version (on page 376) of the selected objects.

Fit Text to Curve/Remove Text From Curve
Or right click and choose FIT TEXT TO CURVE/REMOVE TEXT FROM CURVE.