In message <5005d3f279riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Richard Ashbery <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In article <9467.92.2.1.249.1227898959.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > <signwork@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> you mentioned that moving the object with a mouse was difficult due >> to the amount of points in such a small area and not being able to >> grab the line without accidently selecting a point.... so by >> selecting anchors and grabbing everything you can drag the whole >> shape to its new destination (anchors are not confined to single >> lines) sometimes I have done just that using the anchors in a set >> of letters that are too small > I'll have another look at this but surely painfully slow if there are > numerous tiny objects. Yes, but as Chris pointed out, if you hold down Alt and Shift you can move any selection without accidentally grabbing any of its object handles so this problem is solved without Nick's (admittedly rather creative) workaround. Martin -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Wuerthner MW Software lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ To change, suspend or cancel your subscription go to //www.freelists.org/list/artworks ------------------------------------------------------------