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                    Crop content using the Position tool
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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6bfca"><h4 class="topictitle4">Set Position tool options</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>The
Position tool&#160;<img src="images/positiontool.png" /> in
InDesign functions similarly to the Crop tool in Adobe PageMaker. The Position tool works in conjunction
with the Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Select_Lg_N.png" /> to help
control the placement of content within a frame as well as change
the size of the frame. </p>
<p>The Position tool is dynamic, automatically
changing to reflect different states. When it’s placed directly
over a graphic, it changes to the Hand tool, to indicate that you
can drag the content within a frame. When it’s over a text frame,
it changes to an I‑beam, to indicate a text insertion point.</p>
<p>You
can also use the Position tool to adjust inline images and nonimage
content, such as text frames and buttons.</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Put the pointer over the Direct Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_AnchorSelect_Lg_N.png" /> in
the toolbox, and hold down the mouse button. When the Position tool&#160;<img src="images/positiontool.png" /> appears,
select the tool.</span> <div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="as_41" src="images/as_41.png" /><div class="figdesc">Selecting the Position tool from the toolbox</div><br /></div></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the frame of the graphic that you want to crop. </span> <div class="important"><span class="importanttitle">Important:  </span>Make sure you select the frame and
not the graphic itself.</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To resize the graphics frame, place the Position tool
over any handle on the frame, and drag until only the part of the
graphic you want in your document remains. To show more of the graphic,
drag away from the center of the graphic.</span> <div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="as_42" src="images/as_42.png" /><div class="figdesc">Resizing a graphics frame</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Increasing frame</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Decreasing
frame</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To move the graphic within the frame, place the Position
tool over the contents of the graphics frame, and drag the contents.
The Position tool automatically changes to the Hand tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Pan_Lg_N.png" /> when
over the content of the frame.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="as_43" src="images/as_43.png" /><div class="figdesc">Moving an image within its frame</div><br /></div></div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6bfca" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6bfca"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Set Position tool options</h3><div><div class="section"><p>When using the Position tool&#160;<img src="images/positiontool.png" /> to
move a graphic, you can hold down the mouse button for a few seconds
to display a dynamic graphics preview (a ghosted-back image) of
any part of the image that is outside of the frame. You can control
the display and delay of the preview.</p>
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<ol><li><span>Double-click the Position tool&#160;<img src="images/positiontool.png" /> in
the toolbox.</span></li>
<li><span>From the Show Masked Portion of Image menu, select the
rate at which the entire image will appear while dragging, or select
to turn it off entirely.</span></li>
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