Edit an item's attributes

  Choose the Inspector menu item from the Tools menu  to open the Inspector panel.     Select Size and Placement from the popup at the top of the inspector.    View and edit item attributes on the inspector.


Overlap:

Overlap can apply to any item in your document. Use this setting to force text to wrap around the selected item. When it is set to wrap, the value in the standoff field will govern the distance between the text and the item.
An item's level also controls whether or not text wrapping will occur. The overlap attribute of a particular item will only affect text items that lie behind it on the page. If you turn off overlap and it seems to have no effect, try bringing the item forward or to the top.
When you place an item with its overlap attribute turned off on the Master Layer along with one or more text columns that you want to wrap around it, place the text column(s) behind the item. The text you enter in these columns on the Pages Layer will then wrap around the item in question. Any other text items that you place while on the Pages Layer, however, will not wrap around this item no matter how you modify their levels.

Frame:

Enter X and Y values in the Frame section to specify the precise X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) position of the upper left corner of the current selection, as measured from the top left corner of the page. Use the arrow buttons to the right of these fields (or the arrow keys) to adjust the position of the item visually. The move increment for the arrow buttons is controlled on the General Preferences panel
Enter values in the H and W fields to specify the precise height and width of the selected item.
Enter a rotation angle in degrees, or use the rotation buttons to apply a rotation to the selected item.
Enter a value in the Scale field to scale the selected item uniformly in the horizontal and vertical directions. If you wish to scale the item without maintaining its original proportions, you can enter two values separated by a /.  The first value applies to the X direction, and the second value applies to the Y direction.  You can also use the Scale tool from the Tool Palette or drag the size handles on the sides of the item.
Click the Lock check box to lock the selected item. When an item is locked, you must click on it directly to select it and, when selected, its size handles will be drawn in gray rather than black. You may not change a locked item in any way, with the exception that you may edit the text contained in a locked text item.
The Conform to Master check box applies to text items that are created based on text item templates on the Master layer. By default, any changes you make to the template on the Master layer will be applied to the text items it generates on the Pages layer. Click this check box (to remove the check) if you do not want a particular Pages layer text item to conform to its template on the Master layer.

Placement

The options in the Placement section of the Size & Placement Inspector panel apply to items that are placed on the Master Layer of your document. You may specify that a Master Layer item will appear on only the even (right hand) pages or only the odd (left hand) pages. Click the check box if you do not want a particular item to appear on the first page of the document.

Flow

The flow attributes on the Size & Placement Inspector panel only apply to text items that are placed on the Master Layer.
Choose Auto to create text items that will automatically flow from page to page.
Choose Manual if you want to control page-to-page flow in each text flow by hand.
Choose  Hdr/Ftr if you want to place a text item that will contain the same text on every page.



See also

The Inspector Panel