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104 Object Handling

shape either vertical or horizontal. Such edges have to be at least 25% of the width or
height of the shape in order to be considered significant during a constrained rotation.

The constrain angle is user definable. Refer to "Customizing Web Designer Premium (on
page 499)".
To create a copy while rotating, click "+" on the numeric keypad while rotating, or click
the right mouse button.
Rotating objects

This is part of the SELECTOR TOOL.

When in rotate mode, the transformation center (around which the object rotates)
initially appears in the center of the object, as shown by a small target like this.

Simply click on an object again to put the selector into rotate mode.

To move the transformation center, drag the transformation center target where required.

Attention: If the rotation center is moved, it remains in this location for any selected object
until all objects are deselected, at which point it returns to the center of any selected
object.

Rotating by exact angles (using the InfoBar)
Type an angle into the rotate box and press "". Xara will remember the angle of rotation
you enter. Positive angles will rotate anti-clockwise and negative angles will rotate
clockwise, the same direction as the symbol.

Click the arrows to the right to nudge the rotate
angle.

Angle values that are entered are absolute, no relative. This means if your object is at an
angle of 30 degrees, and you enter 45 degrees, it will not increase it by 45 degrees but
rather set it at that. If you wanted to instead increase it by 45 degrees, you can enter #45
to do so (so the angle becomes 75 degrees), and #-45 to decrease the angle by 45.

Some points to note about the rotation angle:

• If several objects are selected that all have the same angle of rotation, that value will
be show in the rotation field.
• If the values are different, the field will show MANY. Typing a value will then rotate all
objects to that angle around their individual centers.
• Groups have their own angles and is independent from the objects within.
• When several objects that have the same rotation are grouped, the new group will be
given that same angle.