Tutorial 2
Manipulating Objects and Adding Text
1. Standard first frame from Jim DeHart.
Lesson Plan
This tutorial shows you how to:
{bmc nicedot.shg} Color symbols
{bmc nicedot.shg} Duplicate symbols
{bmc nicedot.shg} Make a Drop Shadow
{bmc nicedot.shg} Save a Document
{bmc nicedot.shg} Align Text
{bmc nicedot.shg} Block Select and Group symbols
{bmc nicedot.shg} Move symbols
{bmc nicedot.shg} Select symbols
{bmc nicedot.shg} Resize symbols
{bmc nicedot.shg} Align objects
{bmc nicedot.shg} Rotate symbols

2. Pull down the Draw menu and choose Clip-Art Manager.
3. From the Collections list, choose the Maps-States Med-res (i) collection.
4. From the Image Name list, double-click on the United States map U.S. with Drop Shadow #1 to add it to your work area.
5. With the map selected (surrounded by handles), click the Color style button on the Styles Bar.  The Color palette dialog box appears.
6.  Make sure Beg Fill is selected and choose Red.
7.  The map has a pre-drawn drop shadow. We will eliminate the shadow for this exercise. First select the map by clicking on it. 
8.  From the Arrange menu choose Ungroup. Then, since you know how to change the object's color, change it to green.
9.  Select the drop shadow portion of the map and drag it down and away from the map. Press the Delete key to delete it.
10.  From the Arrange menu choose Duplicate.
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Click on the Duplicate tool in the toolbox.  The Duplicate tool appears.
11.  Point on the map, drag it up and to the right, and then release the mouse button.
12. With the bottom (left-most) map selected (surrounded by handles), click on the Color style button in the Styles Bar and change the fill color to Black.
13. The drop shadow is added.
14. Save your work at this point. Pull down the File menu and choose Save As.
15.  The Save Document As dialog box appears.  Type USA and click on OK.
16. With the map selected, click on the Text tool in the toolbox.  The Enter/Edit Text dialog box opens.
17.  Type The Huge Company.  Press Enter to advance to the next line.  Type U.S.  Markets.
Click on Add.  The Pointer turns into the Add Object cursor.
18.  Move the cursor above and to the left of the U.S.  map and click.
19.  To center the subtitle under the title, select the Type style button with the outside, or content menu, mouse button. The Custom Type dialog box appears. Select Centered alignment, then click on Apply.
20.  The text is centered in reference to the longest line in the text block.
21.  Click on the Block Select tool in the toolbox. Hold the mouse button and drag the block select bounding box completely around the maps to the opposite diagonal corner.
22.  Pull down the Arrange menu and choose Group.
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Click the outside, or content menu, mouse button.
23.  To center the map under the title, first select all objects by pressing Control A on your keyboard. Then pull down the Arrange menu and choose Align.  The Align dialog box appears.
24.  Choose Center in the Left to Right orientation and click on Apply..
25.  To add product symbols to the U.S. map, press Control M on your keyboard to open the Clip-Art Manager.  From the Aircraft (i) collection, double-click on Commercial Jet (side view).
26.  With the resulting cursor, hold down the mouse button in the vicinity of Washington state, and drag the mouse to size the image of the jet.
27. Another way to open the Clip-Art Manager is to click on the Clip-Art Manager tool in the toolbox. Choose the Communications Collection, and double click on the Dish Antenna from the Image Name list.
28.  Hold down the mouse button and drag the cursor with the pointer to size the image of the dish in the vicinity of California.
29.  Using the same method, click on Clip-Art Manager Tool again and choose the collection Nature-Animals/Domestic. Double click on the Horse (running) image. Place it on the map in the vicinity of Kentucky and size it as shown.
30.  Add the image Wheat (sheaf) from the Agriculture (i) collection to your document.  Place it in the center of the map at the size shown.
31.  Add image Car-Mercury Cougar from the Automotive (i) collection. Place it on your document in the vicinity of Michigan at the size shown.
32.  Rotating the airplane slightly will make it appear to be taking off. Select the airplane.
33.  Pull down the Arrange menu and choose Transform.
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Click the r: button on the Numeric Bar at the bottom of your screen.
The Transform dialog box appears.
34.  Select Rotate. Position the cursor in the Angle field and click.  Enter -10 degrees. Click on Apply.
35.  The airplane is rotated.
36. Select the objects and recolor them as shown.  A cyan rectangle can be drawn by selecting one from the Symbol tool (the third icon in the Toolbox) then pressing Shift F to send it to the back. Save your work by selecting Save from the File menu, or by pressing F9.