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158 Shape Handling
• From the center outwards (RADIUS button),
• Or from an outside edge (DIAMETER button),
• Or diagonally to create an imaginary rectangle enclosing the polygon (BOUNDS
CREATION button) letting you distort the polygon or star.
Polygons or stars with rounded corners
Select the ROUND CORNERS button or double click on a
corner point.
The polygon has extra
handles (radius handles)
where the rounding starts.
To increase or decrease
the radius, drag any of the
radius handles.
To remove the round corners:
• Click the ROUND CORNERS button.
• Or double click a control handle.
Editing polygons and stars
The SELECTOR Tool lets you move, rotate, resize, and skew the shapes as normal. The
SELECTOR Tool is described in Object handling (on page 92).
Using the QUICKSHAPE Tool, you can resize or rotate:
• Drag the corner handles.
• Or select SIZE & ROTATION in the EDITABLE ITEMS menu. Type the required values into
the text boxes.
Size
Rotation
You can also nudge the values using the buttons to the right.
To move:
