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USER’S GUIDE
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction....................................................................................................10
The On-Line EXPRESS User’s Guide..............................................................................................10
Basic Terms.........................................................................................................................10
Content Menu button in EXPRESS......................................................................................................11
The EXPRESS Interface...............................................................................................................12
Control Buttons.....................................................................................................................12
Menus...............................................................................................................................13
Style Bar...........................................................................................................................13
Toolbox.............................................................................................................................14
The Numeric Bar.....................................................................................................................14
The Hint Line.......................................................................................................................15
Drawing Area........................................................................................................................15
Chapter Two: Viewing the Document....................................................................................16
View Level Options..............................................................................................................16
Changing the View Level......................................................................................................16
Actual Size View..................................................................................................................17
Current Page View...............................................................................................................17
All Pages View....................................................................................................................18
Zooming In..........................................................................................................................18
Displaying the Previous View...............................................................................................21
Saving and Recalling Views.................................................................................................21
Redisplaying the Current View.............................................................................................21
Full Screen..........................................................................................................................22
Quick Display......................................................................................................................22
Moving Around the Document.............................................................................................23
Scrolling..............................................................................................................................23
Zooming In to a New Page..................................................................................................23
Using the Keyboard............................................................................................................23
Changing the Grid and Rulers..............................................................................................23
Chapter Three: Selecting, Deselecting, Deleting Objects....................................................... 25
Object Limit........................................................................................................................25
The Bounding Box...............................................................................................................25
Add Object Cursor..............................................................................................................25
Object Viewer.....................................................................................................................25
Object Management / Browser (Ctrl H)...............................................................................25
Displaying Freeform Point Handles......................................................................................27
Selecting a Single Object.....................................................................................................27
Intuitive Object Selection.....................................................................................................28
Selecting an Object from a Stack.........................................................................................28
Stacking Order Command...................................................................................................29
Selecting Individual Objects from within a Group..................................................................29
Selecting Multiple Objects...................................................................................................30
Block Selecting Objects......................................................................................................30
Selecting Objects One-by-One (Shift+Click).......................................................................31
Using Select All to Select All Objects..................................................................................32
Grouping Objects................................................................................................................32
UnGrouping Objects...........................................................................................................33
Deselecting Objects............................................................................................................33
Deleting Objects.................................................................................................................34
Undeleting Objects.............................................................................................................34
Chapter Four: Manipulating Objects....................................................................................35
Naming Objects...................................................................................................................35
Object Name Types.............................................................................................................36
Moving an Object................................................................................................................36
Moving an Object Numerically.............................................................................................38
Numeric Moving Plus Duplicating.........................................................................................39
Move Again........................................................................................................................39
Undo Move.........................................................................................................................39
Changing the Stacking Order...............................................................................................39
Sizing an Object..................................................................................................................40
Sizing from the Center of an Object......................................................................................41
Proportional Sizing..............................................................................................................41
Proportional Sizing Plus Flipping.........................................................................................42
Non-Proportional Sizing.....................................................................................................43
Non-Proportional Sizing Plus Flipping................................................................................44
Sizing Plus Moving.............................................................................................................44
Sizing Plus Duplicating........................................................................................................44
Numeric Sizing...................................................................................................................44
Numeric Sizing Plus Duplicating...........................................................................................46
Size Again..........................................................................................................................46
Undo Sizing........................................................................................................................46
Making an Object Proportional...........................................................................................46
Aligning Objects.................................................................................................................47
Undo Alignment.................................................................................................................48
Align Left or Right..............................................................................................................48
Align Top or Bottom...........................................................................................................49
Align Vertical (left to right).................................................................................................49
Align Horizontal (top to bottom)......................................................................................... 50
Align Center.......................................................................................................................50
Align (Assemble) Logically.................................................................................................50
Align Text Using Baselines.................................................................................................51
Duplicating an Object.........................................................................................................52
Flipping an Object..............................................................................................................54
Rotating an Object..............................................................................................................54
Moving the Center Point......................................................................................................57
Rotating Plus Duplicating.....................................................................................................57
Rotate Again.......................................................................................................................57
Undo Rotate.......................................................................................................................57
Slanting an Object...............................................................................................................57
Slanting Plus Duplicating......................................................................................................59
Slant Again.........................................................................................................................59
Undo Slant..........................................................................................................................59
Blending Objects.................................................................................................................59
Blending Text, Symbol, or Freeform Objects........................................................................60
Blending Two Different Freeform Shapes.............................................................................61
Logarithmic Distribution.......................................................................................................63
Replacing a Blend................................................................................................................63
Cutting Holes in Objects......................................................................................................63
Clipping Paths in Objects.....................................................................................................65
Warping Objects.................................................................................................................65
Warp Shapes.......................................................................................................................67
Warp Symmetry..................................................................................................................67
Warp Orientation................................................................................................................68
Compress/Stretch and Auto Perspective..............................................................................68
Warp Options.....................................................................................................................69
Re-Warping an Object........................................................................................................70
Editing a Warp Object.........................................................................................................70
Warping Rotated and Slanted Objects.................................................................................71
Undoing a Warp.................................................................................................................71
Copying Warp Effects to Other Objects..............................................................................71
Extrude...............................................................................................................................71
Specifying Extrude Options and Values................................................................................72
Previewing an Extrusion.......................................................................................................73