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Objects in Mail Factory are address panels, text fields, images (supplied clipart or images you import), smart shapes, text.
You can move objects with the mouse, by dragging them, or with the keyboard - by using arrows (for more precise movement).
When you move an object, it snaps automatically to the label/envelope or other object's edges, and smart guidelines are displayed. This helps to position the object more accurately. You may toggle the Snap function if you hold down the Cmd key as you move an object. To turn it off permanently, use the Preferences dialog.
To resize an object, use resize handles at its sides. To resize an object preserving its proportions, use corner resize handles. Side handles resize particular side only. To inverse the action of corner handles, hold down Shift key.
To resize a text in Address panel use Size slider in the Inspector window. As the result the address panel becomes bigger or smaller.
If you need to align several objects as to their edges or centers, select them all and use Align Right Edges, Align Left Edges or Align Centers commands from the Format menu.
Commands Move to Center (Horizontally) and Move to Center (Vertically) from the Format menu help in moving selected objects to the center of a label/envelope.
Sometimes you may need to place one object behind another. This is especially convenient when you use an image as a background. Use Send Backward/Bring Forward commands from the Format menu for this purpose. Send Backward command puts selected object behind the other objects. Bring Forward command places it in front of all other objects.