Re: Is there a way to move graphic frames & images in micro movements?

Fri Mar 11 06:34:41 PST 2011

I use Alt-Arrow frequently to nudge images. But as Shlomo says, you can also use it for text. Just select the text and then nudge it whichever way you want. Some typographic purists (not I) like to hang quotation marks that occur at the beginning of a line out to the left, so that the first letter lines up with those above and below. You can do this by selecting the whole line and using Alt-left arrow to move it. It's one of those things that you can do right at the end of your production process (but for which most of us never seem to have the time).

Roger

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From: Shlomo Perets [mailto:shlomo2 at microtype.com]
To: Theresa de Valence [mailto:TdeV at bstw.com]
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com]
Sent: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:26:34 -0500
Subject: Re: Is there a way to move graphic frames & images in micro movements?

Theresa,

  You wrote:

  >... Are there keys in Frame which I can use to move the object in
  >miniscule amounts (I only know about control + mouse).

  [Alt]-arrow key to move an object (or kern text) by 1 pt (at 100% zoom)

  [Alt]-arrow key to move an object (or kern text) by 6 pt (at 100% zoom)

  Motion is relative to the zoom level. [Alt]-arrow at 200% will move objects 
  by 0.5 pt, [Alt]-arrow at 50% will move objects by 2 pts.

  [Alt]-[Home] to reset manual kerning of selected text

  Shlomo Perets

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