The Object View shows you the sequence of your objects in the design. You may have a lot of objects for a complex design, and that’s normal. If the design can be broken down into separate designs themselves it may be helpful. For instance if you have a picture of a flower and a butterfly, you might make them separate designs on the page, and create them separately.
When you right-click on an object in the Object View, you get a pop-up menu that lets you move designs in the sequence. This is often handy for simple or small moves.
You can also select objects in the Object view and drag them to new positions in the sequence. The items being moved will go into position immediately after the item you release the drag upon.
Remember that designs operate at the root level of the Object View. If you move a design into the middle of another design, you will get three designs – the first, up to the point where you pasted, the one you pasted, and then finally the rest of whatever the first design contained.
If you have a Design selected, and not just objects, the Design itself will move. If you wish to move objects only, make sure you do not have the Design selected.
You can drag all the items out of a design, leaving an empty design. If this happens, you can select the design in the Object View and delete it using the Delete key or the Edit menu ‘Delete’.
When items are locked or hidden, they are always still selectable in the Object View, so be aware of inadvertently selecting locked objects.