Layout Tab Commands
The Layout tab contains commands for modifying the layout of the page in the plot document and the arrangement of objects in the plot document. None of the Layout tab commands are available for the worksheet and grid documents.
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Group |
Command |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Page Setup | Margins | Set the page margins to Normal, Narrow, Moderate, or Wide or open the Page Setup dialog to set custom margins |
| Orientation | Set the page orientation to Portrait or Landscape | |
| Size | Set the paper size to Letter, Legal, Ledger, A4, or Envelope, or open the Page Setup dialog to set the page to any available size for the selected printer | |
| Display | Fill | Set the page background fill properties |
| Header | Set the header text for the page and set the header alignment on the page to Left, Center, or Right | |
| Footer | Set the footer text for the page and set the footer alignment on the page to Left, Center, or Right | |
| Page Outline | Turn on or off the display of the page outline | |
| Margins | Turn on or off the display of the margins | |
| Units | Set the page units to either inches or centimeters | |
| Position | X and Y | Set the object's position |
| Lock Position | Locks an object's position | |
| Size | W and H | Set the size of a selected object |
| Lock Size | Locks the size of a selected object | |
| Move | To Front | Moves the selected object or objects to the front of the plot document. |
| Forward | Moves the selected object one position forward in the plot document. | |
| To Back | Moves the selected object or objects to the back of the plot document. | |
| Backward | Moves the selected object one position backward in the plot document. | |
| Align | Left | Left aligns all selected objects along the left side of the bounding box when Align to Margins is not highlighted. Left aligns the selected object or objects to the left margin when Align to Margins is highlighted. |
| Right | Right aligns all selected objects along the left side of the bounding box when Align to Margins is not highlighted. Right aligns the selected object or objects to the left margin when Align to Margins is highlighted. | |
| Center | Center aligns all selected objects along the left side of the bounding box when Align to Margins is not highlighted. Center aligns the selected object or objects to the left margin when Align to Margins is highlighted. | |
| Top | Top aligns all selected objects along the left side of the bounding box when Align to Margins is not highlighted. Top aligns the selected object or objects to the left margin when Align to Margins is highlighted. | |
| Middle | Middle aligns all selected objects along the left side of the bounding box when Align to Margins is not highlighted. Middle aligns the selected object or objects to the left margin when Align to Margins is highlighted. | |
| Bottom | Bottom aligns all selected objects along the left side of the bounding box when Align to Margins is not highlighted. Bottom aligns the selected object or objects to the left margin when Align to Margins is highlighted. | |
| Align to Margins | When Align to Margins is enabled, the selected objects are individually aligned relative to the page when one of the Align Objects commands is clicked. | |
| Distribute
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Distribute Horizontally | Horizontally distributes objects with equal spacing within their bounding box or within the margins |
| Distribute Horizontally | Vertically distributes objects with equal spacing within their bounding box or within the margins | |
| Distribute in Margins | Turn distribution in margins on / off. | |
| Rotate | Rotate | Rotates an object by specified degrees |
| Free Rotate | Rotates an object with the mouse | |
| Reset Rotation | Set the selected graph's rotation to zero |