The Process Manual

Polygon tool • Click, hold and drag to draw multi-sided image windows or any multisided page element. • Click, hold the Shift key and drag to draw polygons with equal sides. • Double-click on the tool to specify the number of sides and amount of inset you want for your polygon. SCISSORS TOOL • Click on any part of a selected path to cut the path. • To break a closed path into two parts, you must cut the path in two places. • You cannot cut a frame containing text. FREE TRANSFORM TOOL • Use to rotate, scale or shear elements. • To rotate an element, position the tool outside the element. A double-ended curved arrow will appear. Click, hold and drag to rotate. • To scale an element, click, hold and drag an anchor point. Hold down the Shift key to scale proportionally. Hold down the Option key (Mac) or Alt key (Windows), click and drag to scale from the center of the object. • To shear an element, click, hold and drag a side anchor point. Hold down the Shift key to constrain the size of the element as you shear. Hold down the Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) key to shear from one side only. Rotating tool • Click, hold and drag to rotate an object manually. Scale tool • Click to select an element. Hold and drag to resize that element. • Elements will resize from the point of origin, represented by a crosshairs in the middle of the element. You can click with the Scale tool to move the point of origin. • Click and drag along either the vertical or horizontal side of the element to resize it only vertically or horizontally. • Click and drag a corner point of the element to resize it both vertically and horizontally. • Click and drag a corner point of the element with the Shift key held down to resize it proportionally. Shear tool • Click to select an element. Click and hold an anchor point, then drag to skew the element. • Elements will skew from the point of origin, represented by a crosshairs in the middle of the element. You can click with the Shear tool to move the point of origin.

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