Editing

Editing

When creating or editing objects in REPORTER that occupy a rectangular area on the page the position and size of the object can be given by 2 different methods.

1. By giving the coordinates of 2 opposite corners of the rectangle.
2. By giving the coordinates of one corner and the width and height of the object. The default is to use the bottom left corner.

The nudge distance is the amount that a selected item will be moved when the arrow keys are used. Note that if you have snap active (see Preferences - Grid ) this may give unexpected results (e.g. a larger nudge than expected). If snap is active and nudge distance is smaller than snap size, nudge will automatically use the snap size as the nudge distance to ensure that nudging is always possible.

In regards to the Selection, after creating a new Item, the default behaviour is now to revert to the Select tool so that you can quickly jump to editing this Item with a double-click (or move the Item around the page etc.). If the behaviour is reverting to the Select tool, the Format toolbar will automatically be brought to the front to allow you to modify the item. If you would rather remain on the current tool (remembering that the Select tool can always quickly be accessed with the 's' key), then this option can be changed here. If the behaviour is to remain on the current tool, the Format toolbar will not be brought to the front (i.e., the Tools toolbar will remain visible).

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