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[Sparky]

There are a few very definite rules for moving and sizing images in ID 2 or CS (they still work the same)
1. When you have the type tool selected and hold the "cmnd" modifier key down to temporarily change to the selection tool, and you try to move a side of the image's bounding box it will resize the image. to move the box without sizing first change to the selection tool then move the box edge (the photo will not move).
2. with either the selection tool (V) or the direct selection tool (A) and you enter coordinates into the transform x or y coordinates the box moves with the content. I have tried to no end to recreate the "cropping effect and can't figure out what jv58 was talking about. I had "Transform Content" selected, then de=selected and couldn't produce the cropping mentioned.
3. with the selection tool, to scale un-proportioned hold the cmnd key and move one of the grab points, to scale proportionately hold the shift+cmnd key while moving a grab point.
to scale the image within the bounding box use the direct select tool (A) and hold the shift key to scale proportionately or just move one of the grab points to re-scale and distort.
If I could up load images without having to have a "hosted" web site I could illustrate what I was talking about with screen shots. I hope this forum allows this soon. Not everyone has the convenience of their own web host to upload images.