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· Copy a color from one object to another

· Match an objects normal, highlight and click colors


· Save the project

· Preview the project


L ess o n 3 : W o r k i n g wi t h Mu l t i p l e O b j ec t s

There are all sorts of things you can do with multiple objects, like move them all at once, line them up, group them together, or even change some of their properties in one fell swoop.When you ctrl-click on the Phone label object, it becomes selected in addition to the Email Address label object. The end result is that both objects are selected.When you drag-select objects, the object that is closest to the mouse pointer when you release the mouse button becomes the dominant object. So, if you started dragging from above the EmailNow that you have these two label objects selected, lets use them with the image object to create a simple logo.Clicking the Align to Page/Dialog button does the same thing.You can tell which mode the alignment tools are in by looking at the Align to Page/Dialog button on the Alignment toolbar. If the button has a blue border around it, then Align to Page/Dialog mode is on.Objects are actually drawn onto the page one at a time. (It looks like they're all just instantly there because your computer can draw objects very quickly.) The z-order is what determines the orderBy default, AutoPlay remembers the last 10 changes that were made, so at any given moment you should be able to step back like this up to 10 times in a row.You should now have the Label1 object selected (the one with Ted Sellers on it).Its a good idea to leave the Confirm deletion option enabled, so you'll have a chance to override AutoPlay's choices before the files actually do get deleted.Now that we've covered optimizing and arranging, lets get things back to the way they were before we set off on this little detour.Note that the Label1 objects bounding box is still green to remind you that it does belong to a group, even if the other objects in the group are not selected.Note that the bounding box for the dominant object doesn't have any resize handles on it anyThe Email Address, Phone, and Mailing Address label objects should be positioned vertically, with the Mailing Address and Phone label objects close together, and the Email Address label object off by itself.Choosing Align > Distribute Vertical distributes the three objects evenly between the top and bottom ones, so there is an equal distance between all three of them.If you're wondering how you would ever get the object back, don't worry...you can unlock an object by right-clicking on it and choosing Unlock from the right-click menu.

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