IBM Lotus Symphony


Setting position and size properties

You can resize or move the selected object by editing property values in the Position and Size section in the Properties panel. The Position and Size section is enabled when you select objects, including text boxes, pictures, drawing objects, charts, forms, OLE objects, and media objects, in all three Lotus® Symphony™ applications.

  1. Select the object that you want to resize or move.
  2. Set position and size properties for the selected object in the Position and Size section of the Properties panel.
    1. Specify the location of the selected object on the page in the Horizontal and Vertical fields. Enter the horizontal and vertical distance relative to the base point in both fields. The position fields are not available for Lotus Symphony Documents.
    2. Specify the size of the selected object in the Width and Height fields, by entering values relative to the base point.
    3. Specify whether to maintain proportions when you resize the selected object, by selecting or clearing the Keep ratio check box.
    4. Drag the point in the Rotation button to rotate the selected object. You can also enter the number of degrees in the Rotation field, or select the predefined rotation angle in the list. The rotation controls are not available for OLE objects, forms, charts, or media objects.
    5. Click the Flip icons to flip the selected object vertically or horizontally. The flip controls are not available for OLE objects, forms, charts, or media objects.
  3. Optional: Click the More options icon More in the upper-right corner of Position and Size section to open the Position and Size window. You can set other position and size properties, such as slant and corner radius for the selected object.
To change the rotation of text inside a text box, select the text box, drag the angle of the rotation circle to change the rotation value in position and size section on the properties panel. You can also set a specified angle for rotation in the drop down list.

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