Moving and Resizing an Object

After you insert a graphic object, you can resize or move it with its selection handles , the little squares that appear on the edges of the object when you click the object to select it. If you need to select more than one object, you can drag a selection rectangle around the objects, or press and hold down the Shift key, and then click each object to select it.

Move an Object

In Design view, select an object you want to move.

Position the mouse pointer over the object, and then when the mouse pointer changes to a hand, drag it to move the outline of the object to a new location.

Do not click a handle or else you will resize the object.

Resize an Object

In Design view, select the object you want to resize.

Position the mouse pointer over one of the handles.

When the pointer changes to a two-headed arrow, drag the handle until the object is the size you want.

Did You Know?

You can resize objects proportionately . To resize objects proportionately, drag one of the object's corner sizing handles until the object is the size you want.