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PICTURES
Resizing pictures
You can scale pictures to make them larger or smaller using:
the Picture Content tool
the Measurements palette
the Style menu
After importing a picture into a box, you can choose Fit Box to Picture and Scale
Picture to Box from the context menu (or Style menu). Press the Shift key while
resizing a picture with the Picture Content tool to resize the picture
proportionately.
You can scale pictures to make them larger or smaller by clicking and dragging the
round picture handles on the corners and sides of the picture. Press the Shift key
while resizing a picture to resize the picture proportionately. Press
Shift+Option/Shift+Alt while dragging a corner handle to resize the picture
proportionately from the center. You can also scale pictures using the Style menu,
the Measurements palette, or the context menu.
To scale a picture proportionally so that its largest dimension fits inside the picture
component, choose Scale Picture to Box from the context menu or Style menu. To
scale a picture proportionally so that it completely fills the picture component,
choose Scale Picture to Fill Box from the context menu or Style menu.
Cropping pictures
If you only want a portion of your image to display, you can manually crop it by
adjusting the size of the box.
Rotating and skewing pictures
Rotating a picture sets it at a different angle within the box, while skewing a picture
applies a slanted look to it.
To rotate a picture, select the Picture Content tool and move the mouse over one
of the picture’s corner handles. A Rotation pointer displays according to the
selected corner. Drag the pointer to rotate the picture. You can also enter rotate
values for a picture in the Picture Angle field of the Measurements palette (Home
tab).
To skew a picture, enter a value in the Picture Skew field of theMeasurements
palette (Home tab).
To rotate a picture, move the mouse over one of the picture’s corner handles. A
Rotation pointer displays according to the selected corner. Drag the pointer to
rotate the picture. You can also enter rotate values for a picture in the Picture Angle
field of the Measurements palette (Home/Classic tab).
To skew a picture, enter a value in the Picture Skew field of the Measurements
palette (Home/Classic tab).
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