Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Manual page 303

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To shear along the object's vertical axis, drag anywhere in the document window in an up or down direction. To
constrain the object to its original width, hold down Shift.
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To shear along the object's horizontal axis, drag anywhere in the document window in a left or right direction. To
constrain the object to its original height, hold down Shift.
See also
"Reshaping tool gallery" on page 290
To shear objects with the Shear command
1 Select one or more objects.
Do one of the following:
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To shear from the center, choose Object > Transform > Shear or double-click the Shear tool.
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To shear from a different reference point, select the Shear tool
(Mac OS) where you want the reference point to be in the document window.
3 In the Shear dialog box, enter a shear angle from -359 to 359. The shear angle is the amount of slant applied to the
object in a clockwise direction and is relative to a line that's perpendicular to the shear axis.
4 Select the axis along which to shear the object.
If you chose an angled axis, enter a value between –359 and 359, relative to the horizontal axis.
5 If the objects contain a pattern fill, select Patterns to move the pattern. Deselect Objects if you want to move the
pattern but not the objects.
Click OK, or click Copy to shear a copy of the objects.
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To shear objects with the Free Transform tool
1 Select one or more objects.
Select the Free Transform tool
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3 Do one of the following:
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To shear along the object's vertical axis, start dragging the middle-left or middle-right bounding-box handle, and
then hold down Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Option+Command (Mac OS) as you drag up or down. You can also hold
down Shift to constrain the object to its original width.
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To shear along the object's horizontal axis, start dragging the top-middle or bottom-middle bounding-box handle
and then hold down Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Option+Command (Mac OS) as you drag right or left. You can also
hold down Shift to constrain the object to its original height.
See also
"Reshaping tool gallery" on page 290
To shear objects with the Transform palette
Select one or more objects.
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2 In the Transform palette, enter a value in the shear text box.
To change the reference point, click a white square on the reference point locator
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before you enter the value.
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