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BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
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 Shadows
With Drop Shadows, you can apply automatic feathered drop shadows to items and
text in a layout.
To apply drop shadow effects to active items, use the Drop Shadow tab of the
Measurements palette. 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 border.
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.
Runaround Drop Shadow: Check this to include a drop shadow with the text •
wrap contour specified in the Runaround tab. The runaround Outset value is
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