Promoting, Demoting or Moving Objects

Object relationships in the contents of a Book or Index are arranged in a hierarchy. You will need to promote, demote, and move objects around to get them into the order you want.

Use the Promote, Demote, Move Up, and Move Down buttons on the Book or Index toolbar to move your objects around. You can also use the shortcut menu, drag and drop, or even Cut, Copy and Paste.

To Promote, Demote, or Move an Object:

1. In the Book or Index Contents, select the object you want to move.
2. Promote, demote, or move the object, using:
   • The Contents toolbar (Book Contents Toolbar, Index Entries Toolbar) buttons
   • The pop-up shortcut menu
   • Drag and drop with the mouse

     Note: Some of the options may be disabled because they are not valid. For example, you cannot demote an object that is the first branch in a tree.

3. If you drag and drop, the object is moved to directly beneath the object you drop it on

   -or-

   Elsewhere, if you use special positioning commands.

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.