User manual

Rotating using the mouse
The Selector
Tool must be in rotate/skew mode (the selection handles are arrow shaped).
Dragging the side handles stretches the object. This is described in Stretching and squashing objects
.
Drag on a corner arrow. As you drag, the object rotates around the transformation center. The InfoBar
shows the current rotate angle.
"Shift+ drag" to rotate the object around its center (the transformation center is ignored).
Hold down "Ctrl" to restrict rotation to the constrain angles.
The constrain angles are user definable. Refer to "Customizing Xtreme Print Studio".
To create a copy while rotating, click "+" on the numeric keypad while rotating, or click the right mouse
button.
To quickly create a fan like this, draw a single line, then
position the transformation center in the bottom right
(click the bottom left button of the 3x3 transformation
center control on the InfoBar), and then as you drag
rotate the object, right click for each successive line you
require.
Rotating by exact angles (using the InfoBar)
Type an angle into the rotate box and press "
¿". Positive angles rotate anti-clockwise and negative angles rotate clockwise.
Click the arrows to the right to nudge the rotate
angle.
Rotating objects in Resize Mode
It is possible to rotate and skew an object even if not in rotate mode. Using resize mode, move the
mouse pointer into the according small areas near the selection area handles as illustrated above. The
mouse pointer changes into a rotate or skew icon, showing you that you are now able to rotate or skew
the object by dragging with the mouse.
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