The Input tab lets you set preferences for your mouse buttons and select Designer shortcut keys. Click Options from the Tools menu to open the Options dialog box.
By default, if you point to an object in your document and double-click the left mouse button, you enter a reshape mode. (If you double-click a bitmap or an embedded object, another program capable of editing the object is launched instead). If you press and hold the ALT key and then point and click the left mouse button, you can select overlapping objects in succession as in previous versions of Designer.
| If you prefer, you can change the settings on the Input tab to reverse the use of the ALT key with these two functions. |
Use the "Always block selects" option to drag a bounding rectangle completely around objects to select them.
The "Selects and moves one object" option lets you click an unselected object then move it in one motion. (The default is to click then move the objects, a two-step process.) It also lets you block select objects.
Setting Combinations Compatibility
Select mouse and CTRL/SHIFT compatibility with either Office97 or Designer 4.x.
Setting the Right Button Click
The default function of a single click of the right mouse button displays the mouse menu, which displays commands that give you quick access to functions that may not be displayed in the current ribbon. The default setting for ALT+right mouse button is an assigned command or tool similar to previous versions of Designer.
Setting the IntelliMouse Wheel
Set the option to either zoom or scroll when you right-click over an unselected object or the white space of a current page.
Select this option if you want to keep the Zoom In button on the screen for multiple zooms. Hold SHIFT to zoom out. Zoom In remains active until you change to another mode.
Employing Designer 3.x Shortcuts
Select this option to use Designer 3.x shortcuts. If you are upgrading from Designer 3.x, you can use the same shortcuts.