2.6.9. Using the Grab Object Tool from the Toolbox Window

The Toolbox has eight icons that depict selectable drawing and image manipulation tools. To select a tool, move the mouse/arrow over the icon. The icon will highlight with a box. Click the highlighted icon to select that tool. In the following example, the user moves the mouse pointer over the GRAB OBJECT TOOL and selects that item. Notice how the icon becomes highlighted upon mouse-over:

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Figure 22: Selecting the Grab Object Tool with the pointer

Now the user moves the Grab Object pointer over the slide to the position of a shape that needs to be moved.

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Figure 23: The instructor's slide before using the Grab Object tool to move a shape

Once the appropriate shape is selected, (in this case we are moving a red ellipse shape,) the user clicks the mouse button to select the shape. The user holds down the mouse button and drags the shape to the new location. Release mouse button to anchor the shape.

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Figure 24: Moving a shape on the layer over the instructor's slide

This example shows the user has "grabbed" a shape on the current layer and moved it.

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