#### Making Changes

Many of the changes can be made by directly interacting with the elements on the page for example moving, resizing and rotating.

##### Selecting Elements

Elements can be selected by clicking on them. Typically one element at a time will be selected - when you click on a different element any other elements will be deselected. To select more than one element hold down the "command" (the one with the Apple symbol) key while clicking. You can also select groups of items by dragging a selection box around the elements. You can toggle the selected state of an element by holding down the "command" key and clicking on the element. To select all the elements on a page use the "Edit->Select All" menu item.

##### Moving Elements

To move an element or elements select them and click on one of the selected elements and, while holding the mouse button down, drag the element(s) to the new location.

##### Resizing Elements

Only one element at a time can be resized. Select the desired element and use the handles bordering the element to adjust its size. Note that different elements have different resize behaviors. See the section on each element for more information.

##### Rotating Elements

Two types of elements can be rotated: image elements and lettering elements. To rotate one of these elements select it and click on the rotation handle near the center of the element. While holding down the mouse button drag the mouse in a circular motion to rotate the element to the desired angle. To limit the rotation to 90° angles hold down the "shift" key while dragging - the element will snap to the nearest 90° angle. If you release the shift key while dragging the element will once again freely rotate to the specified angle so make sure you release the mouse button before releasing the "shift" key to set the element to the snapped angle.

##### Deleting Elements

To delete any elements on a page simply select them and hit the "delete" key or choose the "Edit->Delete" menu item.

##### Reordering Elements

Sometime elements will be behind or in front of other elements on the page. You can use the Arrange menu to change this ordering. Use "Send to Back" to move an element to back of the display order. Use "Bring to Front" to bring an element to the front.
Note: If you are using panels the ordering behavior can be slightly different. See the section on Panels for more information.

##### Clipping Elements

A common feature of comics is having elements trimmed to the edge of panels so the panels are clearly distinguishable on the page. By default Comic Life doesn't clip any lettering elements on a panel or image (if the image is not on a panel) because many photos you might first use do not have room for balloons. However you can enable clipping for new elements by checking the "Clip new non-image elements to panels" option in the Preferences. New elements dropped on top of a panel will then be automatically clipped to the edge of the panel. If you drag an element off of a panel it will no longer be clipped to the panel edge. If you drag an element on to a panel it will automatically clip to the edge of the panel. This behavior can be disabled on a per-element basis by unchecking the "Clip" checkbox in the element attributes on the "Details" tab. This is useful for times when elements should "break" the edge of a panel for dramatic effect.

##### Editing Text

Some elements on the page are containers for text (captions, bubbles and lettering) - to edit the text in these containers double click on one of them or hit the "Return" key if the element is selected. For captions and bubbles the text are in the container becomes editable and the entire contents are selected. Start typing to replace the selected text or click at the desired character position to make minor changes. To save your changes either click outside of the editing area or hit the "enter" key on your keyboard.

For lettering elements a sheet descends with the editable text - make the necessary changes in the sheet and click on the "Convert to graphics" button to update the element on the page.