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Customizing Your Map 6-45
Creating Network Maps
or align the objects by the top, bottom, left, or right edges using the alignment
tools described in the previous section. To de-select the objects, click the left
mouse button anywhere in the map background.
Make Same Width, Height, or Size
You can use the Make Same Size tools to reshape graphic elements in relation to one
another. You can resize lines, rectangles, and ovals; text blocks are also technically
“resized,” but neither the font nor the text’s position in the text block are affected. (To
change the font, use the Font Properties window, described on page 6-37.) You cannot
resize node icons or symbols, nor can icons or symbols serve as the controlling object for
graphic element resizing.
1. If necessary, open or activate the map which contains the objects you wish to
align. (Remember, neither the Alignment Toolbar nor the Layout menu
options will be active unless a map window is active.)
2. Press and hold the Ctrl key, and select the object(s) you wish to resize. The
last object you select will be the controlling object — the object whose
width, height, or overall size will be applied to the other selected objects.
3. Once you’ve selected the objects you wish to align, release the Ctrl key and
click on the appropriate sizing tool, as follows:
To make the selected objects the same width as the controlling object,
click on the Make Same Width button or select Layout—>Make Same
Size—>Width from the primary window menu bar.
To make the selected objects the same height as the controlling object,
click on the Make Same Height button or select Layout—>Make Same
Size—>Height.
To make the selected objects the same size (both width and height) as
the controlling object, click on the Make Same Size button or select
Layout—>Make Same Size—>Both.
4. The resized objects remain selected after the alignment procedure is
complete; you can move the group as a whole by clicking and holding the
mouse button, and dragging the group of objects to the desired map location.
To de-select the objects, click in the map background.
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You can also select objects using the click-and-drag selection method, or via the
Edit—>Select All or Edit—>Select All Nodes options on the primary window menu bar;
however, these methods do not allow you to select the controlling object. For the most
precise sizing control, the ctrl-click method described above is recommended.