Working with a selected part
To ma nipulate the part (to move, resize, or delete it), you first need to select
the part. Selecting a part is different from making a part active.
1 To select a part, click the gray border of an active part.
When you move the pointer onto the gray border, a hand appears. Click when
you see the hand.
Black “handles” appear at the corners of the graphic to indicate that the part
is selected. Notice that the Image menu is no longer available.
You can also select a part by holding down the Command (x) key on your
keyboard while clicking anywhere in the part.
2Move the selected part by dragging it.
Make sure your graphic is selected. (There should be black handles at the
corners.) Then look at the menus to see which commands are available. The
container part’s menus are available when a part is selected.
3Try the “Move to Back” and “Move to Front” commands in the Item menu.
4Explore the Part Info command in the Edit menu.
Part Info gives you information about each part.
5
The menus for the
container part appear.
When a part is selected,
black handles appear.
This tool palette is
for the Apple Draw,
the container part.