Selecting a masked object

[jacobdol]

Freehand MX 11.0.1
first question is - How to select a masked object? When I use the subselect
tool, it only selects a part of a grouped object within a mask, is it possible
to select a masked object with one click?
Also, did Paste Inside has been replaced with Paste Content menu command in
11.0.1 ?

[Ron Rockwell]

in article c1ipom$9bk$1@forums.macromedia.com, jacobdol at
[email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote on 2/25/04 13:32:


is it possible

> to select a masked object with one click?

Yes, you can select all the objects in a clipping path. Select the clipping
path and go to Edit > Select > Subselect. Everything inside the path will be
selected.

It goes much quicker if you take Judy Arndt's advice and create a keyboard
shortcut for Subselect - saves you a trip through the menus.

The Subselect tool by itself will select individual elements in the clipping
path. Hold down the Shift key to add more elements to your selection.

> Also, did Paste Inside has been replaced with Paste Content menu command in
> 11.0.1 ?
>

No, at least on a Mac, it's still Paste Inside. Cut Contents is the way to
reverse the Paste Inside action, however.

Ron

>

[jacobdol]

Thanks for an advice Ron, interestingly enough I could not find Place Inside in
Windows FH v11.0.1. I had to use Past Content after I used Cut. Not sure if I
am doing somethign wrong but it worked just like the old Paste Inside in FH 10.

[ballookey]

If you just want to select one object inside a mask, you can option-click (Mac) the visible portion.