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To finish the line, double-click.
When any of the drawing tools are active, you can press Command/Ctrl to temporarily
switch to the Select Point tool. When the Select Point tool is active, you can press
Command+Option/Ctrl+Alt to temporarily switch to the Item tool.
Line modes for straight lines
There are four line modes: Endpoints, Left Point, Midpoint, and Right Point.
Depending on the mode you choose in either the Line tab (Item > Modify) on
Windows, or the Measurements palette (Home/Classic or Space/Align tabs), line
length and position will be described differently.
• Endpoints mode: The X1 field indicates the horizontal position of the first end-point;
the Y1 field indicates the vertical position of the first end-point. The X2 field indicates
the horizontal position of the last end-point; the Y2 field indicates the vertical position
of the last end-point.
• Left Point mode: The X1 field indicates the horizontal position of the leftmost
end-point; the Y1 field indicates the vertical position of the leftmost end-point.
• Midpoint mode: The XC field indicates the horizontal position of the midpoint of
the line; the YC field indicates the vertical position of the midpoint of the line.
• Right Point mode: The X2 field indicates the horizontal position of the rightmost
end-point; the Y2 field indicates the vertical position of the rightmost end-point.
Resizing lines
You can resize active straight lines using any of the following methods:
•
Select the Item tool and move the Arrow pointer over an Understanding handles to
display the Resizing pointer. Click and drag the handle to a new location to reduce or
extend the length of the line.
• (Windows only) Choose Item > Modify (Command+M/Ctrl+M), then click the Line
tab. Click the Mode drop-down menu to display the four mode options (see "Line
modes for straight lines"). Choose Left Point, Midpoint, or Right Point to display a
Length field. Enter values in the Length field to precisely change the length of a line,
then click OK.
• Choose either Left Point, Midpoint, or Right Point from the Line Mode drop-down
menu in the Home/Classic or Space/Align tab of the Measurements palette to display
the L (Length) field. To precisely change the length of a line, enter a value in the L
field, then press Return/Enter.
You can resize any Bézier line by modifying the size of its bounding box. To do so,
make sure Item > Edit > Shape is unchecked, and then resize the line as if it were a
box.
Reshaping lines
You can change the shape of a line in the following ways:
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