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BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
Understanding handles
The bounding boxes of selected text paths, lines, and boxes have small white
squares called item handles. You can use these handles to resize and rotate a selected
item.
Item handles
To resize an item, click and drag its item handles. To rotate an item, click and drag
just outside one of the item’s corner handles. The mouse pointer changes when you
move it over or near a handle to indicate which action you can perform:
You can use item handles to resize or rotate an item.
Picture handles
When you select the Picture Content tool and click a picture box that contains a
picture, the picture displays with large circles for handles. These handles are called
picture content handles. When you click any part of the picture overlay, you can use
the Move pointer to move the picture within its box.
Picture box displaying picture content handles
Picture content handles display even if the selected picture exceeds the size of its
box (see illustration above). The picture displays beyond the box boundary. You can
crop the image by resizing the picture box.
You can use picture content handles to resize or rotate a picture without changing
the size or angle of its picture box.
Resize pointers: •
Rotation pointers: •
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