Box Position

Format, Format Box, Position tab

Purpose

Use Box Position to move a Staff Box, a Cell Box or an OLE object on a page.

Steps

To move a box using the Format Box dialog,

1. In the Format Box dialog, choose the Position tab.
2. To change a box's position relative to its page,
   uncheck the Connect to Column check box.

   To change the horizontal position, choose one of the alignment modes:

   • Left Page Margin.
   • Left Side of Page.
   • Center of Page.
   • Right Page Margin.
   Enter a new value in the Horizontal Position edit field.

   To change the vertical position, choose one of the following alignment modes:

   • Top Page Margin.
   • Top of Page.
   • Center of Page.
   • Bottom Page Margin.
   Enter a new value in the Horizontal Position edit field.

   To fix the specified position and avoid accidental change of the box's position, check the Protect check box.

3. To connect a box to a staff column,
   check the Connect to Column check box and enter the number of the column to connect to.

   To change the horizontal alignment, choose one of the following options:

   • Left Side of Staff
   • Right Side of Staff
   • Left Side of Column
   • Names Column
   • 2nd Names Column

     If limb and group names are displayed, Names Column refers to the group name column and 2nd Names Column refers to the limb name column.

   To change the vertical alignment, choose one of the following options:
   • Top of Staff
   • Bottom of Staff

     Additonally you may specify a distance between the box and the top or bottom of the staff, respectively.

   • Row Position.

     Enter the row number in the Row Index edit field

4. Choose OK.

To move a box using the mouse,

1. Select the box.
2. Click the box's frame with the mouse, hold the mouse button down, and drag the box to a new position.

See Also

Format Box

Box Size