Selecting and managing tiles, Selecting tiles, Moving tiles by dragging – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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The visible-view rectangle can be moved and resized to control the tile area that shows.

To use the visible-view rectangle
Do one of the following:

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Click within the rectangle to drag it to a new position.

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Click outside the rectangle to have the rectangle jump to a new position, with the point
you clicked being as close as possible to the rectangle’s center.

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Drag a corner of the rectangle to change its size. Making the rectangle bigger zooms out
on the tile area, showing more tiles. Making the rectangle smaller zooms in on the tile
area, showing fewer tiles.

Selecting and Managing Tiles

You can use several tools to select and arrange tiles—many are the same as those used
with buttons in the Menu Editor. There are also a variety of methods you can use to add,
delete, and copy tiles.

Selecting Tiles

There are several reasons you might want to select one or more tiles:

• Selecting a tile makes it the current element, and opens it in its editor.

• Selecting one or more tiles allows you to arrange them.

• Selecting one or more tiles allows you to delete or copy them.

To select one or more tiles
Do one of the following:

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Click a tile to select it. Any other selected tiles are deselected.

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Press the Shift or Command key, then click a tile to select it. Any other selected tiles
remain selected.

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Drag the pointer over a group of tiles. This creates a selection rectangle that selects all
tiles it touches.

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Choose Edit > Select All (or press Command-A) to select all tiles. You can also choose Edit
> Deselect All (or press Command-Shift-A) or click an empty part of the Graphical tab to
deselect all tiles.

Moving Tiles by Dragging

You can move a tile or group of tiles once they are selected by simply dragging them. If
connections are showing, they move with the tiles. You can also use the arrow keys to
move selected tiles.

If you move a tile to an edge of the Graphical tab, the tile area scrolls to show its new
position. If the edge of the tile area is reached, it is automatically expanded to
accommodate the tile’s new position.

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