Changing the layout of objects in a hierarchy

The Layout tab of the Inspector is available when you add and select objects that can be linked to other objects in a hierarchy--pages, sections, or custom objects. You can specify how links appear, the alignment of parents and children, the effects of page breaks and the grid, and the arrowhead style for links.

To specify the layout of objects in a hierarchy:

1. In the design view, select a page, section, or custom object.
2. In the Layout tab of the Inspector, do any of the following:
• Choose a Draw Links As option to specify the display of links. By default, connectors appear as single green lines with arrowheads, lines appear as two green lines with arrowheads, and outlines appear as single straight lines with no arrowheads.You can change the arrowhead style for connectors and outlines.
• With a parent object selected, click a button that specifies the alignment of all child objects with their parents.
• With a parent object selected, select Stagger to alternate offsets for each child (when links are drawn as connectors), or to display outlines on the right in a vertical layout (when links are drawn as outlines).
• With a parent object selected, select Auto Position to space child objects, as they are added or removed, by using the spacing used for the parent object.

Note: When links are drawn as outlines, all child objects are automatically positioned.

• With a parent object selected, select Align Children to align the first child with the parent, or Center Children to center all children relative to the parent.
• Select Honor Page Breaks to prevent objects from straddling a page break.
• Select Honor Grid to use settings in Grid tab of the View palette when distributing parent, child, and sibling objects.
• Enter values for the horizontal or vertical spacing between parent, child, and sibling objects, or for both horizontal and vertical spacing. Zero specifies the default spacing.
• Choose an arrowhead style for connectors and outlines.