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To rotate selected objects by a preset angle:
Do one of the following:
To rotate 180 degrees, choose Rotate 180° in the Transform palette menu.
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To rotate 90 degrees clockwise, choose Rotate 90° CW in the Transform palette menu.
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To rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise, choose Rotate 90° CCW in the Transform
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palette menu.
To rotate by another preset angle, choose an angle in the menu next to the rotation
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angle option in the Transform palette.
To rotate selected objects by specifying a precise angle in the Transform palette:
In the rotation angle option on the Transform palette, type a positive angle to rotate
selected objects counterclockwise, or type a negative angle to rotate selected objects
clockwise. Then press Enter or Return.
To rotate an object precisely using dialog box options:
1 Select one or more objects, and then do one of the following:
Choose Object > Transform > Rotate.
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Double-click the rotate tool .
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To change the point of origin and specify a rotation angle in the Rotate dialog box,
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select the rotate tool, and Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the new point
of origin.
2 Enter the rotation angle, in degrees, in the Angle option. Enter a negative angle to
rotate the object clockwise; enter a positive angle to rotate the object counterclockwise.
3 If the selected object is a frame with content, and you want the content to rotate with
the frame, make sure that Move Content is selected. This option is selected by default.
4 Do one of the following:
To preview the effect before you apply it, select Preview.
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To rotate the object, click OK.
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To rotate a copy of the object, click Copy.
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Scaling selected objects
Scaling an object enlarges or reduces it horizontally (along the x axis), vertically (along the
y axis), or both horizontally and vertically, relative to the point of origin you specify. For
greater control, see "Setting the point of origin for transformations" on page
You can also scale objects in one percent or five percent increments, similar to the way you
can nudge an object's position with the arrow keys. When you use this method to change
the dimensions of a path, the Transform palette reports the path's new height and width
as 100%. When you use this method to change the dimensions of an image, the Transform
palette reports the image's new height and width as a percentage of its original
dimension. This lets you easily reset an image to 100% at any time, by typing 100% into
the image's dimensions in the Transform palette. To track the percentage change of path
dimensions, use the Scale tool or dialog box instead; see
page 271.
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