48 The Caret will disappear while you have a shape (or shapes) selected but will reappear in the upper rightcorner of the last selected shape, once unselected. If you wish to select all of the shapes on the screen, there are several options: Press Ctrl+A Right click on the screen and choose Select All from the menu Click on the Select All button on the Magic Toolbar. Go to Edit>Select All. To scroll through shapes, forward (or in reverse), use any of the following: Right click on the screen and choose Next Shape (or choose Previous Shape) Press Shift+Tab (or press Shift+Esc) Go to Edit>Next Shape (or go to Edit>Previous Shape). To unselect all shapes, use one of the following two ways: “Click away” – click anywhere else on the screen and the shapes will be de-selected Press the Esc key Go to Edit>Select None.Moving To move a selected shape, hold down the left mouse button anywhere within the bounding area and drag toanother location. You can also move a selected shape in small increments by pressing the arrow keys on the keyboard.Further, if you hold down the Ctrl key while pressing these arrows keys, the shape will move in largerincrements with each keystroke. With a shape selected, the Sel. Properties Bar indicates the exact location of the top left corner of thebounding area of your shape under X: and Y: (Note that the 0,0 location is at the top left corner of thegridded part of the mat). You can enter values into either or both of the X: and Y: windows to move theshape to a new location. You can also use the Rulers to identify where a shape is located, as well as the dimensions of the shape. Inthis case, small black arrows on the Rulers show the current location of the mouse cursor. Thus, if you wantto know, for example, the center location of a shape, place your mouse on the center icon of the shape:X,Y location of top left corner of selected shapeX location ofcenter of selectedshapeY location ofcenter of selectedshapePlace mouse cursorin center of shape todetermine centerlocation of the shapealong the RulersVertical andhorizontal guides alsoappear on a selectedshape and can aid inaligning to othershapes
