Operation Manual

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Skewing an object horizontally
Stretching an object horizontally
To skew an object
1 Select an object.
2 Do one of the following:
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In the toolbox, click the Free transform tool .
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Click Window Toolbars Transform.
3
Click the Free skew button on the property bar.
4 Type values in the Skew angle boxes on the property bar to specify the number of degrees by which you want to skew the object
horizontally or vertically.
If you want to apply the scaling according to the object’s position rather than the x and y coordinates, click the Relative to object
button on the property bar.
You can also skew an object interactively by dragging one of its skew handles . If the skew handles are not displayed, click the
selected object again, and point to the middle handles.
You can also access skewing options from the Transformation docker by clicking Object Transformations Skew.
To stretch an object
1 Select an object.