Organizing Graphic Objects
Vine offers you a number of capabilities that can help you to organize objects All information in Vine is stored in the server database as named objects of different types. Examples: a company, a person, an event, a sales case. on a map:
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Moving objects in a stack of objects on the map. Objects form a stack when you place them one on top of another. You can change the position of an object in this stack.
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Aligning/Distributing objects. You can select and align/distribute several objects on a map.
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Grouping objects. You can join multiple graphic objects into a single group and then work with it as with a single graphic object.
Changing the Order of Objects in a Stack
Objects form a stack if you place them one on top of each other. You can see it when objects overlap ¾ the top object covers a portion of the objects beneath it.
You can move an object in the stack in two ways:
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To move the object one layer at a time: right-click the object and choose Bring Forward or Send Backwards from the shortcut menu.
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To move the object to the top or bottom of the stack: right-click the object and choose Bring to Front or Send to Back from the shortcut menu.
Aligning or Distributing Objects
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To align objects means to align objects horizontally or vertically by their edges or centers.
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To distribute objects means to arrange them horizontally or vertically so their edges or centers are at equal distances from each other.
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Select the objects you want to align or distribute.
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Right-click any of the selected objects and choose Align/Distribute from the shortcut menu. The Align dialog box will appear.
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Click the alignment you want. Click OK.
Grouping graphic objects
You can simplify many operations with multiple graphic objects by joining them into a single group and then working with it almost as with any single graphic object. You can align, distribute, move, delete, cut and paste a group of objects as a single unit.
Ways to group graphic objects:
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Select the graphic objects you want to group.
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Right-click any of the selected objects and choose Group from the shortcut menu.
To ungroup objects: Right-click the group and choose Ungroup from the shortcut menu.
It is not possible to group/ungroup Vine objects on a map. You can group only graphic objects.