Where Objects Are Placed When Creating or Moving Them

When you are adding a new object or moving an existing one, there are several ways to tell Author-it where to place the object in the Book Contents or Index Contents.

• If you're adding an Index Entry to the Index Contents, the Entry is automatically placed in alphabetical order, no matter where you drop it or which entry you have selected.

  Tip: To add an Index Entry as a sub-entry of another Index Entry, hold the ALT key down while you drag and drop onto the Entry you want to contain your new one.

• If you're adding or moving an object in a Book's Contents, the object is placed:
  • At the end of the Contents if you drop the object anywhere blank in the Contents tab.
  • Immediately below the currently selected object, at the same level of the tree. If you're dragging and dropping, drop onto the object that's directly above the place you want to place the new object.
• If you're creating a new object in a Book's Contents, it is placed Immediately below the currently selected object, at the same level of the tree.

Special Positioning Commands

When you are dragging and dropping objects, you can also specify other positioning relative to the object you're dropping onto, by holding down these keys while you're dragging:

• SHIFT - insert directly above the object.
• ALT - insert demoted, as a child of the object.
• CTRL - insert a copy directly below the object.
• CTRL + SHIFT - insert a copy directly above the object.
• CTRL + ALT - insert a copy demoted, as a child of the object.