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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 item handle to ●
display the Resizing pointer. Click and drag the handle to a new location to
reduce or extend the length of the line.
Choose either Left Point, Midpoint, or Right Point from the Line Mode drop-●
down menu in the Home 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:
You can change the shape entirely by choosing a different option from the ●
Item > Shape submenu.
You can reshape Bézier lines by repositioning points, curve handles, and line ●
segments. For more information, see “Understanding Bézier shapes.”
To pan the layout while a Pen tool is selected, press Shift+Space and then 
click and drag.
Controlling line appearance
To control the appearance of active lines, use the controls in the following
places:
Home tab of the Measurements palette ●
Colors palette (Window menu) — for line color only ●
In addition to color, shade, and opacity, you can control the following
characteristics for lines:
Line style: This option lets you control the general appearance of a line. ●
Several line styles are included by default, and you can add new ones with
the Dashes & Stripes dialog box (Edit menu).
Width: You can specify the width of lines in any measurement system. You ●
can also specify a Hairline width; the printed width of a hairline rule is .125 pt
on a PostScript imagesetter, with a wider value on some laser printers.
Arrowheads: You can apply arrowheads to lines using the Arrowheads drop-●
down menu.