MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 217

Click a transformation tool in the Tools panel.
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Place the pointer at the spot that will be the center of transformation.
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On the Macintosh, Control-click to set the center of transformation as the
center of the object.
Drag to transform the object.
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Drag farther away from the point of transformation for greater control over
the transformation.
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Shift-drag constrains the transformation to 45° increments relative to the
current constrain angle (Modify > Constrain).
You can use the Transform panel to apply precise transformations and to display
information on transformed objects. When moving, rotating, or scaling an object,
the Transform panel displays the move distance, rotation angle, or scale percentage,
respectively. The x and y coordinate text boxes indicate the location of an object's
center after each transformation. For the procedure to move objects using the
Transform panel, see "Moving objects" on page 180.
To transform objects pasted inside a clipping path, tiled fills, or strokes, see the
procedures in "Transforming objects freely" on page 222.
Except for moving an object, transformations are applied in relation to a set point
on or around the object, called the center point.
Click the Pointer tool in the Tools panel.
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Double-click the object. This displays its transformation handles and
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center point.
Drag the center point to the new location.
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To reset a center point, deselect and then reselect the object, or hold down
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Shift and click the center point.