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To move a point or change the shape of a line segment while working with ●
the Bézier Pen tool , Command+drag/Ctrl+drag the point or line segment.
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.