Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker - Manual (Page 78)

added to your label. All units in this dialog are in millimeters.
You can access this dialog by right-clicking on a shape and selecting the "Adjust Size/Position"
option from the menu that pops up or by clicking on a shape to select it and then selecting the
"Adjust Size/Position" option from the Shape menu.
Distance from label top (mm): The distance from the top edge of the label to the top edge of
your shape.
Distance from label left (mm): The distance from the left edge of the label to the left edge of
your shape.
Width (mm): The width of your shape, in millimeters.
Height (mm): The height of your shape, in millimeters.
Preserve original aspect ratio: When this box is checked, if you change your shape's height,
Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker will automatically adjust the width (or vice versa) so that the
shape's height and width are always exactly equal. If you uncheck this box, you can change
your shape's height at will without affecting the shape's width (or vice versa), and consequently
make your shape as stretched or scrunched as you like.
OK: Closes the dialog and saves your changes.
Cancel: Closes the dialog and discards any changes you made in it.
This dialog lets you set absolute positions for a shape without regard to where they're
overlapping label boundaries, so you can end up moving a shape to be in the hole of a CD
label, or outside the label altogether, so that it's not visible. If you do this accidentally (or
purposely, and later change your mind), but you're unable to select the shape to move it, click
on your label (to give it the keyboard focus), and then pressing the Tab key will cause focus to
tab through all the objects on your label, and your shape will eventually get selected.
Help Contents
Why's the Align Menu Disabled?
The Align menu aligns objects on your label. If you don't have an object selected, Acoustica
CD/DVD Label Maker doesn't know what to align, so this menu will be disabled.
Select a text object, shape, or image by clicking on it, and a selection frame will appear around
it, indicating that the object is selected and that you can move it and resize it, among other
things. Once you've selected an object, the options on the Align menu will be enabled and
eagerly waiting for you to click on them.
Bonus tip: If you're trying to align or justify the text within a text object, the Align menu isn't the
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