Adding, duplicating & deleting frames

Adding an Empty Frame to the Canvas
There are five ways to add an empty frame to the collage:

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Interactively in the Collage
To set a size and location for a new, blank frame, hold the F key on your keyboard, then drag your mouse (while clicking down) to draw a marquee (rectangular shape). Let go of the mouse button: your new frame will appear.
You will now have and empty frame on the canvas ready to accept an image from the dropper.
Note that if you are dragging images and want to create a new frame 'on the fly' you can do so, even though you have images attached to the cursor.

•	Using the Toolbar Icon Choose the frame type you wish to create: choose Image frame to create a blank frame that is ready to accept an image from the dropper.

•	Using the Insert button on your keyboard This activates the Toolbar Icon

•	Using the Menus To add a new frame from the menus, choose 'Tools / Canvas / Add Frame'.

•	Using the Keyboard To add a new frame on the canvas using the keyboard, press Ctrl-Shift-F. A new empty frame will appear on the canvas.

Adding an Image to the Canvas

To drop an image onto your canvas you can:

•	drag an image file from the Images hover,

•	drag an image that you have sorted in the Organizer into a bucket, from the Bucket hover

•	open a window from the button in the Toolbar to select an image file

•	use the File menu's Add Images option

•	drag images directly from Windows Explorer.

Images will appear in a new frame, unles you drop an image directly on top of an empty frame -- it will appear inside the frame in this case.

Click here to learn how to swap images from one existing frame to another.

Duplicating a Frame

To make a copy of an existing frame (be it empty or with an image contained within it, then select the frame, then hit Ctrl-D on your keyboard. This will also work with a selected group of frames.

Copying and Pasting a Frame

To copy and paste one or more frames, select the item(s), then press Ctrl-C on your keyboard.

Press Ctrl-V on your keyboard. A copy of the selected item(s) will appear on the selected page.

If you are working on a multi-page project (Extreme and YearbookFusion users only) and wish to copy the element to another page, hit "Page Down" or use the Pages hover to create or go to a new page.

Deleting a Frame

Select a frame or group of frames. Press DELETE on your keyboard.