Manipulating graphic items

You can manipulate graphic items in a variety of ways, including: resizing: cropping, panning, and transforming them.

With pass-through graphics the graphic item needs to be the correct size for the graphics. If the graphic item is too small to display the graphic it will be displayed as a blue cross and will not be exported when the site is published.

To resize a graphic item

When you release the mouse button the graphic will be resized:

You can constrain the graphic item to a square by holding down [Shift], or resize the graphic preserving the aspect ratio by holding down [Shift] [Option].

By default, resizing a graphic item does not affect the size and position of the graphic it contains. Alternatively, you can specify the resizing behavior; see Resizing graphics.

To fit or scale a graphic within the graphic item

To position a graphic within the graphic item

Option Description
Original Size Scales the graphic to the original size.
Fit Box to Graphic Scales the graphic item to fit the current size of the graphic.
Center The graphic is centered within the graphic item.
Scale to Box The graphic is scaled to the size of the graphic item.
Scale and Pad The graphic is scaled to the size of the graphic item keeping its original proportions.
Scale Up The graphic is enlarged by 5% within the graphic item.
Scale Down The graphic is reduced by 5% within the graphic item.

A panning handle is displayed in the middle of the graphic:

To position a graphic numerically

The Graphic dialog box displays information about the graphic.

The offsets are measured from the top left corner of the graphic item.

To transform a graphic item

To transform a graphic item numerically

The following dialog box allows you to specify a transform for the item and/or its content:


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