Move objects by entering values

Build 1501 on 14/Nov/2017  This topic last edited on: 8/Jan/2016, at 17:10

You can use the Measurement palette to move selected objects by entering values. This function moves the frame and content together. To move a copy of the selected object, leaving the original in place, use Duplicating Objects.

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Move "to"

On the Measurement Palette, in X, enter new horizontal position value. In Y, enter new vertical position.

Click the green confirmation icon, or press 8.

To move to

In the field

Enter

Left margin

X

0

1st column

X

0

2nd column

X

1COL

3rd column

X

2COL

Top margin

Y

0

Move "for"

On the Measurement palette, add to the existing X and Y values the horizontal and vertical distances that you want the object to move.

Write the + sign and the distance value, and then click the green confirmation icon, or press 8.

Positive distances move the object down and to the right of the x axis; negative distances move the object up and to the left.

To move for

In the field

Enter

10pt right

X

value+10pt

half gutter left

X

value-IC/2

20pt up

Y

value-20pt

Notes

It is not possible to add angle to a distance.

It is not possible to move frame separately of content.