Edit Menu

Use the Edit menu to make changes to objects and text in your project.

 Command  Choose to:
Undo and Redo Undo your last action or actions. Redo lets you redo your last action after you have used the Undo command. You can undo and redo up to ten actions.
TIP : The keyboard shortcut for Undo is Command - Z . The keyboard shortcut for Redo is Shift - Command - Z .

Cut Remove the selected object(s) or text and copy it to the Clipboard.
TIP : The keyboard shortcut for Cut is Command - X .

Copy Copy the selected object(s) or text to the Clipboard without removing the original from your project.
TIP : The keyboard shortcut for Copy is Command - C .

Paste Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the project. In the case of an object, the contents of the Clipboard will be pasted in the center of the main Design Desk window. With text, the contents are pasted wherever you have positioned the insertion point within a text block.
TIP : You can quickly call up the Paste command using the Control - Click combination. The keyboard shortcut for Paste is Command - V.

Delete Delete the selected object(s) or text from the project.
TIP : The keyboard shortcut for Delete is the Delete or Backspace key.

Select All Select every object on the current page(s) in order to move or edit them, or to select all the text in a text block.
TIP : The keyboard shortcut for the Select All command is Command - A.

Duplicate Make a quick copy of an object. Duplicate is especially useful when you already have something copied to the Clipboard that you do not want to displace, but also need to duplicate a different object.
TIP : The keyboard shortcut for the Duplicate command is Command - D.

Spell Check Check the spelling of text in your project.

Edit Object Make changes to a selected object. To edit an object you can also double-click it, or select it and press Return
If the object selected is a text block, the arrow pointer will change to an I-beam so that you can edit text. If the object is a headline, the Create a Headline dialog appears. If the image is a graphic or an imported image, the Select a Graphic dialog appears.

Replace Graphic

Replace a selected graphic.

TIP : You can quickly call up the Select a Graphic dialog by double-clicking a selected graphic object, or by clicking a graphic object to select it and then pressing Return.

NOTE : You can press the Tab key to cycle through the objects on a panel until the desired one is selected.

NOTE : All the effects applied to the graphic using the Photo Workshop dialog (except cropping) will be lost when you replace the graphic.


Edit Headline Modify selected headline settings.
TIP : You can quickly begin editing a headline by double-clicking a selected headline object.

Edit Text Edit a selected text block or text fragment.
TIP : You can quickly begin editing text by double-clicking a selected text object.

Banner Layout Adjust the length of a banner project so that it fits the area you want to fill.

Change <<Time Unit>> Change the year, month, week, or day in a calendar.

Calendar Grid Style Adjust the font, color, and style of your calendar.
TIP : You can quickly begin editing the calendar grid style by double-clicking a selected calendar grid or by clicking a calendar grid to select it and then pressing the Return key.

Import iCal Events Import events from your iCal calendars into your calendar project. This feature is available only when you are using Mac OS X 10.2.3 or later.

Import from iTunes Import playlists and albums from your iTunes library into your CD Label project.

Special Characters Open the Character Palette to insert characters such as mathematical symbols, arrows, and so on. This command is available only if you are running Mac OS v. 10.3 (Panther).

Change CD/DVD Inner/Outer Diameter Change the printable area of CD/DVD label project which you are going to print directly on CD/DVD.