Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Objects/Shapes:

• How do I create objects/shapes?
• How do I select multiple objects to change their Fill and Stroke properties?
• How do I avoid accidentally moving an object after I have it where I want it?
• How do I make an object's Fill or Stroke color match another color on my page?
• How do I delete a Fill pattern without deleting the object?
• Why can't I move or edit a selected object?

Photos/Clip art:

• How do I add photos/clip art to my scrapbook page?
• How do I remove the white border from behind my clip art?
• Why doesn't the embedded photo/clip art resize when I use the object's resize handles?

Text

• How do I edit text?
• How do I rotate text?

Q: How do I create objects/shapes?

A: All objects are created using the following steps:

1. Select the tool corresponding to the object you wish to create in the Tools Palette. The cursor will change to “cross hairs” indicating you are ready to draw draw an object.
2. Click and drag in your scrapbook page to create an object with the desired location and size.
3. You can move and resize your object (unless it is Locked) at any time.
   
   HINT: If you plan to embed photos or clipart within the object, make the object the desired size before adding photos/clip art. iRemember automatically scales photos/clip art to fit the object (while maintaining the aspect ratio) when an image is embedded.

Q: How do I add photos/clip art to my scrapbook page?

A: All “images” (photos or clip art) are embedded within an object. The object provides clipping and layering for your image.

1. Create an object if one does not already exist.
2. Use any of the methods described in “Embedding Photos, Clip Art & Patterns in Objects” to embed the image. The source of your image may be your hard drive, removable media (CD, DVD, memory card), or other applications such as Apple's iPhoto™.
3. Resize, rotate or set the opacity of the image using the Image Tab of the Inspector

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4. Reposition the image within the object using the Grabber Tool
5. For photos: use the Shape Tab of the Inspector to set attributes such as the stroke or shadow.
6. For clip art: you may wish to disable both the stroke and fill color to eliminate the border and background around the clip art.

Q: Why doesn't the embedded photo/clip art resize when I use the object's resize handles?

A: Objects and images (photos/clip art) are resized separately to allow the image to be easily cropped. While it is not the way word processors work, it is the way desktop publishing applications work because it increases page design flexibility.

An embedded image may be resized with the Scale slider in the Image Tab of the Inspector.

Additionally, you can change which part of the photo is visible in the object using the Grabber tool.

HINT: While using the Arrow tool, option-clicking on the object is a shortcut to activate the Grabber tool. Simply option-click and drag to move the photo within the object.

Q: How do I avoid accidentally moving an object after I have it where I want it?

A: Lock the object.

To Lock an object, select the object then use either of the following:

1. Select Lock from the Arrange menu.
2. Check the “Lock” checkbox in the Inspector

1. Select Unlock from the Arrange menu.
2. Uncheck the “Lock” checkbox in the Inspector

Q: How do I delete a Fill pattern without deleting the object?

A: Use the following steps:

1. Select the object containing the pattern.
2. Select the Fill Tab of the Inspector.
3. Click on the “Fill” image well.
4. Press the Delete key on your keyboard.

Q: How do I remove the white border from behind my clip art?

A: If the clip art came with iRemember, the white background (and border) isn't part of the clip art itself, it is an attribute of the object containing the clip art. To remove these attributes try the following:

1. Select the object.
2. Uncheck the “Stroke” checkbox in the Shape tab of the Inspector.
3. Uncheck the “Fill” checkbox in the Fill tab of the Inspector.

Q: How do I make an object's Fill or Stroke color match another color on my page?

A: There are multiple ways to set the Fill or Stroke color of an object to match another object. You will always use the Color panel to pick the color. Here is the easiest way to match an existing color:

1. Select the object that you wish to have the new color.
2. Open the appropriate Color panel for the attribute you wish to color:
   
   If you are setting the Fill color: click on the Fill “color well” in the Fill tab of the Inspector.
   
   If you are setting the Stroke color: click on the Stroke “color well” in the Shape tab of the Inspector.
   
   
3. Activate the Color Selector Tool by clicking the magnifying glass icon in the Color panel. The cursor changes to a large magnifying glass with cross hairs.
4. Position the Color Selector tool over the color you wish to "pickup" and click.

Q: How do I select multiple objects to change their Fill and Stroke properties?

A: Generally, use the Arrow tool to select objects. Use any of these methods to select multiple objects:

• Using the Arrow tool, click in an empty area of the page and drag across the objects you wish to select.
• Using the Arrow tool, shift-click to select (or deselect) objects.
• To select all objects on the page, use the Select All command in the Edit menu.

Q: Why can't I move or edit a selected object?

A: You are probably trying to edit a locked object. An object is locked if the gray padlock appears in the object's lower right corner when selected.

To Unlock an object, select the object then use either of the following:

1. Select Unlock from the Arrange menu.
2. Disable the “Lock” checkbox in the Inspector

1. Select Lock from the Arrange menu.
2. Enable the “Lock” checkbox in the Inspector

Q: How do I rotate text?

A: Use the following steps:

1. Select the text object.
2. Select the Shape tab of the Inspector.
3. Adjust the rotate controls in the Inspector.

Q: How do I edit text?

A: Using the Arrow tool, locate the text object you wish to edit and double-click to begin editing.

NOTE: the first click selects the text object allowing its “bounding box” to be moved or resized - the second click begins editing.