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 Post subject: Select objects hidden beneath another
PostPosted: December 15th, 2004, 4:46 am 
In 281 we could select an object that was hidden behind another object by holding down ALT and clicking over where the hidden object was located.

The 04 Help Files provide the same instructions:

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To select objects hidden beneath another:

1. Move the mouse over the object hidden beneath another.
2. Hold down the Alt key and then click repeatedly on the objects until the one you want it selected. A bounding box will surround the selected object.


All my attempts to select hidden objects by following these instructions fail.

Could someone check this please?[/quote]


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 Post subject: Cancel this request
PostPosted: December 15th, 2004, 4:49 am 
I swapped the new keyboard for an old one, and everything works as it should.

What happened to the quality of componets? :?


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 Post subject: New World's Record
PostPosted: December 15th, 2004, 5:51 am 
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Joined: October 25th, 2004, 2:20 pm
Posts: 686
Location: Naperville, Illinois (USA)
Opus: 7.05
OS: Win XP SP3
System: P4 3.2GHz 1GB RAM 2-TB HDs + 4 more
Congratulations!

If I'm reading the time stamp on your posting -- only three minutes elapsed between your first post and your cancelling the question because you found a faulty keyboard. That's got to be a world record! I think Linda used to do that -- ask a question, then give herself the answer, but never that fast (ha ha).

Glad you found the problem was the keyboard. I flip mine over and tap on it to get all the hair and dandruff to fall out (that's probably more than you wanted to know-- sorry).

You are correct that you can use the Alt key and click over a buried object to select it. Another way is to highlight it in the Organizer, then use a right mouse click to open the menu in order to pick Properties or Actions.

It maybe awhile before someone breaks this new World's Record.

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 Post subject: Not really a world record!
PostPosted: December 15th, 2004, 7:29 am 
Fred

This issue has been bugging me for weeks. I had just about decided that the problem must be with a new (expensive) keyboard, so I'd brought an old one back into the office and had it on standby.

I meant to try swapping, but got distracted with that screen resolution and resizing issue. So, when it annoyed me again, I posted and forgot the swap-out. Immediately after I posted I remembered the swap, and with USB connections, it takes no time at all.

So, it only looks like a world record. If I claimed it, I think I'd be swabbed and banned from competition. :D


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 Post subject: Not really a world record!
PostPosted: December 15th, 2004, 8:00 am 
Fred

This issue has been bugging me for weeks. I had just about decided that the problem must be with a new (expensive) keyboard, so I'd brought an old one back into the office and had it on standby.

I meant to try swapping, but got distracted with that screen resolution and resizing issue. So, when it annoyed me again, I posted and forgot the swap-out. Immediately after I posted I remembered the swap, and with USB connections, it takes no time at all.

So, it only looks like a world record. If I claimed it, I think I'd be swabbed and banned from competition. :D


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