Formatting Layers

You can resize, move, and align layers.

To resize a layer:

  1. In the Design view, select a layer.
  2. Do one of the following to resize the layer:
    • To resize by dragging, drag any of the layer's resize handles.
    • To resize one pixel at a time, hold down Control (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) while pressing an arrow key.

      • The arrow keys move the right and bottom borders of the layer; you can't resize using the top and left borders with this technique.

    • To resize by the grid snapping increment, hold down Shift-Control (Windows) or Shift-Option (Macintosh) while pressing an arrow key.

      • For information about setting the grid snapping increment.

    • In the Property inspector (Window > Properties), type values for width (W) and height (H).

Resizing a layer changes the width and height of the layer. It does not define how much of the layer's content is visible. To define the visible region within a layer.

To resize multiple layers at once:

  1. In the Design view, select two or more layers.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Select Modify > Align > Make Same Width or Modify > Align > Make Same Height.

      • The first selected layers conform to the width or height of the last selected layer.

    • In the Property inspector (Window > Properties), under Multiple Layers, enter width and height values.

      • The values are applied to all selected layers.

To move one or more selected layers:

  1. In the Design view, select a layer or multiple layers.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To move by dragging, drag the selection handle of the last selected layer (highlighted in black).
    • To move one pixel at a time, use the arrow keys.

      • Hold down the Shift key while pressing an arrow key to move the layer by the current grid snapping increment. For information about setting the grid snapping increment.

To align two or more layers:

  1. In the Design view, select the layer.
  2. Select Modify > Arrange, and then select an alignment option.

    For example, if you select Top, all of the layers move so that their top borders are in the same vertical position as the top border of the last selected layer (highlighted in black).