User Guide

Transforming and Distorting Objects 219
To scale a selected object:
1 Do one of the following:
• Double-click the Scale tool in the Tools panel.
• Choose Modify > Transform > Scale.
• Choose Window > Panels > Transform and click the Scale button in the
Transform panel.
2 Choose one or more of the following options:
• Select Contents to scale the contents of a clipping path with the rest of the path.
• Select Fills to scale a Tiled fill with the rest of the object.
• Select Strokes to scale the object’s stroke with the rest of the object.
Note: To transform stroke widths in grouped objects to show perspective, also choose
Transform as Unit in the Object inspector (Window > Inspectors > Object).
3 For horizontal scaling, enter a positive value in the X text box to enlarge the
selection and a negative value to reduce it.
To adjust horizontal and vertical scaling separately, deselect Uniform.
4 For vertical scaling, enter a positive value in the Y text box to enlarge the
selection and a negative value to reduce it.
5 Enter a value in the Copies text box. A value of 0 scales only the selected object.
Higher values create the specified number of copies, each of which is
progressively scaled.
6 Set the object’s center manually or by entering values in the X and Y text boxes
in the Transform panel.
7 Click the Scale button.