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• 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.
Drop Shadow XTensions software
With Drop Shadow XTensions software, you can apply automatic feathered drop
shadows to items and text in a layout.
There are two ways to apply drop shadow effects to active items: Using the Drop
Shadow tab of the Measurements palette and using the Drop Shadow pane of the
Modify dialog box (Item menu). In either case, however, the options are as follows:
• Angle field: Enter a value between 180° and –180° in .001 increments to specify the
angle of the "light source" causing the drop shadow.
• Synchronize Angle check box: Check this to synchronize the angle with other drop
shadows in the layout for which this feature is checked. Changing the Angle value of
any drop shadows for which Synchronize Angle is checked will affect all of the drop
shadows for which the box is checked.
• Distance field: Enter an offset value for the item; the drop shadow offset is measured
from the upper left corner of the item's bounding box.
• Scale field: Enter a value from 0 to 1,000% to specify the size of the drop shadow in
relation to the original item.
• Blur field: Enter a value to specify how blurry the edges of the drop shadow are, with
higher values creating fuzzier edges.
• Skew field: Enter a value between –75° and 75° to slant the drop shadow at a certain
angle.
• Color, Shade, and Opacity: Choose a color from the drop-down menu and enter
values in the fields to specify color, shade, and opacity of the drop shadow.
• Multiply Drop Shadow: This setting controls how the shadow is combined with its
background. When this box is checked, the shadow color is combined with the
background color or colors using a "multiply" blending mode, producing a darker
result (similar to an overprint). When this box is unchecked, the color of the
background is combined with the color of the shadow to create the intermediate shades
you see on screen. In general, this box should be checked when the shadow is black
(regardless of shade or opacity) but unchecked when the shadow is a lighter color.
• Inherit Item's Opacity: Check this to have the drop shadow reflect different opacities
in the item, such as differences in the box background and frame.
• Item Knocks Out Drop Shadow: Check this to prevent a shadow from displaying
through semi-opaque areas of an item — to keep a shadow from peeping through its
box, for example.
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