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- Or "Shift + drag" diagonally to create a selection rectangle. This adds all points
within the rectangle to those already selected.
3. If the line has one or more selected point handles:

- End moves the selection to the end of the line.
- Home moves the selection to the start of the line.
- Tab moves the selection to the next point handle towards the end.
- "Shift + Tab" moves the selection to the next point handle towards the start.
The start and end points are significant when applying arrows (on page 171).

Deleting points

Select the point handle(s) as described above and either click the
DELETE POINTS button (SHAPE TOOL InfoBar), or press "Del".

Moving point handles—Shape Editor Tool

You can move one or more selected handles:

• Drag the handles using the mouse.
• Or use the arrow keys on the keyboard.

Or to move a single handle, type new values into the text boxes on the InfoBar (see
below).

Using the text boxes on the InfoBar
The center pair of text
boxes always shows the
X/Y co-ordinates of the
selected point.

The surrounding X/Y fields show the co-ordinates of the curve handles on either side of
the selected point.