User Guide

Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes
To rotate objects:
1. Select the object you want to rotate.
2. Choose Effects | Rotate Right/Left | Other to open the Rotate dialog box.
3. In the Rotate dialog box, click the clockwise or counter-clockwise button to choose a rotation
direction.
4. Enter the rotation angle in degrees in the Angle text box.
5. The Center edit box shows the center of rotation as a gray handle. To change it, click one of
the black handles on the bounding box; the gray handle snaps to the new location.
6. Click Apply to preview the settings, or click OK to implement the settings and close the dialog
box.
Editing rotated objects
When you rotate an object, the object’s bounding box also rotates, so you can reshape and resize the
object in rotated space. If you drag a handle, the object’s sides keep their rotated orientation. This
prevents distortion of the original shape.
Rotated bounding box
The bounding box of a rotated square has the same orientation as
the rotated object so the object maintains its rectangular shape,
shown by the dotted lines, when you drag the bounding box
handles.
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