User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
3. As you drag, press and hold Ctrl. When you release the mouse button and the modifier key,
the duplicate object appears in front of the original.
To duplicate while rotating or skewing:
1. Select an object and choose Effects | Freeform to put the object in Freeform mode.
2. Point to a handle and press Ctrl as you drag the handle.
To rotate the object: Drag one of the four corner handles.
To skew the object horizontally: Drag a horizontal skew handle to the left or right.
To skew vertically: Drag a vertical skew handle up or down.
The duplicated object rotates or skews depending on which handle you drag. You cannot rotate and
skew the object at the same time. When you release the mouse, the duplicate is in front of the
original.
Duplicate with Transform
You can now create duplicates of objects that have been skewed, rotated, or offset.
1. Select the original object.
2. Duplicate the object.
3. Select the duplicate and apply a transformation, such as rotation, to the duplicate object.
4. Choose Edit | Duplicate with Transform.
The duplicate object is then duplicated as well as transformed.
Remember that each time you choose Edit | Duplicate with Transform, the duplicate object is
duplicated and transformed once again; e.g., duplicate an object and then rotate the duplicate by
20°. Choose Duplicate with Transform and the new duplicate is transformed by another 20°.
The multigon on the left was duplicated and then
rotated 20°. Each time Duplicate with Transform
was applied, the resulting duplicate would
rotate an additional 20°. The final duplicate had
a rotation of 200°.
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