Rotate Objects
Number of circular copies.
Horizontal spacing.
Vertical spacing.
When this option is selected the distance is
measured from the right (top) side of one object to
the left (bottom) side of the next object.
When this option is selected the distance is
measured from the left (bottom) side of one object
to the left (bottom) side of the next object.
Inclination of the line that joins the original object
and the center point.
The portion of the circle where the copies are
distributed.
Radius of the circle where the copies are
distributed.
Specifies whether or not to rotate the copies on the
arc.
Working with Auto Serialization
Auto Serialization allows you to set a number of options to create serialized
copies of objects.
Serial Text
Original Object
Copies created using Auto Serialization
1 Select the objects.
2 From Arrange menu, select Auto Serialize.
 Every word from the selected text will be displayed in the Text
Selection box, located on the right side of the dialog box.
Rotate Objects Enabled Rotate Objects Disabled
 You can control the copies in Block and Diagonal pattern by dragging the
Spacing / Copies control point at the upper right corner of the bounding box.
• Drag the point to adjust the number of copies, keeping the
spacing unchanged.
• Hold Shift and drag to adjust the spacing, keeping the number
of copies unchanged.
• Drag the center control point to adjust the number of copies
in Circular pattern.
• Drag the point to adjust the Angle and the Radius.
• Hold Shift and drag to adjust the Radius, keeping the Angle
value unchanged.
5 Click Apply.
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Auto Serialization Layout
3 Select the text to be replaced. You can select multiple items.
4 Adjust the following parameters:
Number of
Copies
The number of serialized copies to be created.
Number of
Columns
The number of copies that will be placed in a column.
Spacing
Proportional spacing between serialized copies.
Data File
Displays any tab delimited file you choose.
Browse
Click to find a file to serialize.
Edit File
Allows you to edit the content of the file you choose.
Ignore first
Check to prevent the first row in the file from
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