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PrintingTIP!If you have Snap to Grid enabled from the Format menu, objects that youmove may "snap" several pixels on screen at a time. To override the Snap toGrid functionality, hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard when initiating adrag. This will move the object smoothly, ignoring any Snap to Gridsettings. For more information on Snap to Grid, refer to the Snap to Gridarea of this topic.Resizing the Currently Selected ObjectResizing an object is very similar to moving an object. The main difference is that,instead of clicking directly in the center of an object, you will click on one of the resizehandles positioned on the edges of the object. When you click the left mouse button ona resize handle and drag the mouse, the dashed "outline" will resize based on theopposite edge of the object that you have clicked on.CHANGING OBJECT ATTRIBUTES - THE FORMAT MENUAll of the buttons in the Layout toolbar are also available under the Format menu. TheFormat menu also includes functions for the grouping and ungrouping of objects, theSnap to Grid feature, setting the Grid Scale, adjusting the font, and adjusting textalignment. Menu items that are not also found in the Layout toolbar are described indetail below:Horizontal Spacing - The Horizontal Spacing selection allows you to adjust thehorizontal spacing between multiple objects with a single click. Spacing may beincreased, decreased, or made equal between all objects from the sub-menu.Vertical Spacing - The Vertical Spacing selection allows you to adjust the vertical spacingbetween multiple objects with a single click. Spacing may be increased, decreased, ormade equal between all objects from the sub-menu.Group - Group joins multiple selected objects so that they can be manipulated as asingle object. If, for example, you have more than one object selected, you can chooseGroup from the Format menu. This will allow the objects to be positioned, cut, andpasted as if all objects in the group were a single object. You cannot change the fontsize or change the color of grouped objects.Ungroup - Ungroup separates previously grouped objects so that they may bemanipulated individually.Snap to Grid - Snap to Grid is the default setting for every template in the Label andReport Designer. When this option is checked within the Format menu, an invisiblealignment grid is toggled on so that objects are automatically aligned to the nearest grid171