Resize a Graphic

• Click on the graphic (four handles appear)
• CW 3.0: Select Scale Selection from the Options menu
• CW 4.0: Select Transform (Arrange menu) and Scale by Percent... from the submenu
• CW 5.0: Select Scale by Percent... (Arrange menu)
• Type the same percentage in each box (50 = half size; 100 = same size; 200 = double)
• You can also drag a handle but the graphic may not resize proportionately

Hint: hold down the Shift key when you drag a handle to keep the graphic in proportion

Wrap Text Around a Graphic

• Click on the graphic (four handles appear)
• Choose Text Wrap from the Options menu
• Select Regular or Irregular

Reposition a Graphic

• Click and drag from the center of the graphic
• If you try and move a graphic by dragging a "handle" you will resize the graphic

Make a Text Label or Text Box in Word Processing

• Click on the "A" tool
• Hold down the Option key and click and drag to make a box
• Type your text in the box
• Change the appearance of the text by clicking on the Arrow tool and then clicking on the text. From the Format menu select: Font, Size, Style, Text Color or Alignment.
• Reposition the text by clicking and dragging from the center

Flip a Graphic (Horizontally or Vertically)

• Click on the graphic (four handles appear)
• CW 3.0 & 5.0: Select Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical from the Arrange menu
• CW 4.0: Select Transform (Arrange menu) and Flip Horizontally or Flip Vertically from the submenu

Undo a Mistake

• IMMEDIATELY select Undo from the Edit menu (Command-Z)
• This will only undo your very last action so be sure and select it immediately

Change Page Margins

• Choose Document from the Format menu
• Type in your top, bottom, right and left margins (in decimals)

Overlap Graphics

• Click on the graphic you want to be in the back and select Move to Back (Arrange menu)
• You can layer multiple graphics by using Move Backward and Move Forward (Arrange menu)

Change the Color of my Text

• Select the text you want to color
• Click on Text Color (Style menu) and drag to select a color from the color submenu
• CW 5.0: Use the color palette on the button bar

Duplicate a Graphic

• Click on the graphic (handles appear)
• Choose Duplicate from the Edit menu (a duplicate will appear on top of your original)

Draw a Perfectly Straight Line

• Hold down the Shift key while drawing the line

Center Text

• Select the text you want to center (click and drag across it)
• Click on the Center Alignment button (on the ruler)

Sandy Morrissette
Assitive Technology Services
Fairfax County Public Schools
1999