Protecting Objects From Further Editing (Windows Only); Rearranging Stacked Objects; Resizing Objects - Smart Technologies SMART BOARD User Manual

Protecting Objects from Further Editing (Windows Only)

Select Make Background from the Draw, Order menu to protect a single object or a group
of objects from subsequent editing. This command has the effect of moving selected objects
into the virtual background, out of reach of the selection tool and any further change.
If you decide you want to restore all protected objects to the foreground for further revision,
select Retrieve Background from the Draw, Order menu.

Rearranging Stacked Objects

When you're copying and pasting multiple objects onto the same page, they often become
stacked on top of one another. You may want to rearrange them to reveal an object hidden
within the stack.
Select the Bring Forward and Send Backward commands in the Draw, Order menu
(Windows only) to rearrange selected overlapped objects − one position at a time − for
selective visibility. The Bring to Front and Send to Back commands in the Draw, Order
menu (Windows) or the Draw menu (Macintosh) take selected objects to the upper and lower
limits of the object stack; in other words, these commands move an object all the way to the
front or rear of the stack.

Resizing Objects

You can resize any Notebook object by dragging its resize handles until it's the right shape
and size.
To resize a selected object:
1 Select the object to be resized as described on page 42.
2 Move the cursor over any of the eight resize handles.
The cursor will change to a two-headed arrow.
3 Press and drag the two-headed arrow cursor to enlarge or contract the object.
To maintain the original height-to-width ratio of a geometric object, press the Shift key
and drag one of the four diagonal resize handles located in each corner of the
selection rectangle, as shown in the figure below.
Diagonal Resize Handles
NOTE: You can change the size of a text box, but the contents will remain unaltered.
Contracting or enlarging a text box will only change the dimensions of the box and the
way in which the text wraps within that box. To change text size, press the Font Size
button or select Font from the Format menu, then select a different point size from the
Font dialog.
Diagonal Resize Handles
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