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Object Handling 113

You can make more copies of the Live Copy the same way you copy normal objects,
using copy/paste, duplicate, right-click drag, etc.. Each copy you make belongs to the
same ‘family’ of Live Copies and so editing one also changes all the others.

Try this with an example:
1. Draw a hexagon using the QUICKSHAPE TOOL and make it red.
2. Go back to the SELECTOR TOOL. With the hexagon selected, choose "ARRANGE" >
"LIVE COPY" > "CREATE LIVE COPY". Or right click and choose "LIVE COPY" > "CREATE
LIVE COPY" from the drop-down menu.
3. A second copy of the hexagon appears and selecting either copy shows “1 live
copy” on the status line.
4. Make several more copies of the object, using copy/paste, or any other means.
Note that each is a “live copy” according the status line when you select them.
5. Go back into the QUICKSHAPE TOOL and click on any one of the red hexagons. Note
the status line says “1 Quickshape ‘inside’”. That shows that you’ve selected the
Quickshape object inside the Live Copy group.
6. Change the number of sides on the Quickshape from 6 to 8, using the control on
the infoBar. All copies of the hexagons instantly become octagons.

Advanced
• You can apply transparency to a Live Copy and this is treated as a ‘local edit’ and is
not applied to all linked Live Copies. That’s because transparency can be applied to a
group and not only to the objects inside the group (see Applying transparency to
several objects (on page 303)). This allows you to put different transparencies onto
different Live Copies if desired. The same goes for other operations that can actually
be applied to a group and not just to its children, like feather and shadow.
• Live Copies force SCALE LINE WIDTHS and TRANSFORM FILLS switches to be on within
themselves. So for instance, a thin line in a Live Copy will always become wider when
you scale the Live Copy up, even if the SCALE LINE WIDTHS switch is off. This is done to
ensure that Live Copies can be reliably updated from each other without unexpected
changes.
• It's not possible to select objects inside two Live Copies at the same time.
• Pressing "Ctrl + Delete" will delete just the selected Live Copy without asking whether
you want to delete all instances or just this one.

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The AUTO-FIT feature enables you to create flexible documents that adapt to almost any
size change you might want. This means you can design social media documents once,
and then easily deploy to a variety of sizes and aspect ratios. You can convert