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To add a point to a Bézier box while working with the Bézier Pen tool , click a line
segment. Alternatively, you can use the Add Point tool .
To remove a point from a Bézier box while working with the Bézier Pen tool , click
the point. Alternatively, you can use the Remove Point tool .
To convert a point to another type of point while working with the Bézier Pen tool
, Option+click/Alt+click the point. Alternatively, you can use the Convert Point
tool .
To move a point or change the shape of a line segment while working with the Bézier
Pen tool , Command+drag/Ctrl+drag the point or line segment.
To select curves or points so that you can move them or delete them, use the Select
Point tool . Press Shift and click to select multiple points. Option+click/Alt+click a
point to make it symmetrical.
To pan the layout while a Pen tool is selected, press Shift+Space and then click and
drag.
Working with boxes
There are three types of boxes: Text boxes, picture boxes, and no-content boxes (boxes
with a content of None). All three box types can contain color, shades, blends, and
frames. When you draw a text box, picture box, or no-content box, the available
controls correspond to the box type you create. But you can import text into picture
boxes that contain pictures, and you can import pictures into text boxes that contain
text. In addition to changing content type, you can change the shape and other
attributes of a box.
Creating text and picture boxes
There are three ways to create boxes:
To create a no-content box (a box that can be changed into a picture box or a text box),
click and drag with the Rectangle Box tool , the Oval Box tool , or the Starburst
tool . You can declare text content by pressing T as you draw a no-content box. You
can declare picture content by pressing R as you draw a no-content box.
To create a rectangular text or picture box, click and drag with the Text Content tool
or Picture Content tool .
To create a Bézier box, use the Bézier pen tool . For more information, see "Creating
Bézier boxes."
To constrain rectangular boxes to squares and oval boxes to circles, press Shift while
you drag.
You can create boxes with the following tools:
To change a no-content box into a text box, press Command+E/Alt+E and import a
text file.
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