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Defaults, Preferences, and Edit Behaviors

• For box-based objects, the Default mode
functions the same as the Alternate mode.
• Movement - Default allows you to move
objects orthogonal, or at a right angle, to
any of their edges.
• Rotation - In Default mode, objects snap
at Allowed Angles as they are rotated.

You can temporarily enable the Default
edit mode when another mode is active by
pressing Alt + Z or Alt + / while performing Alternate edit behavior
an edit or drawing operation.
• Alternate allows you to drag an end han-
Alternate dle on an open polyline to change it from
a line to an arc or vice versa.
The Alternate mode is the second
primary edit behavior mode. When • Alternate overrides the Lock Center
this mode is active, the Alternate icon setting of arc-based objects.
displays near the mouse pointer. • Movement - Alternate allows you to
move objects at Allowed Angles when
Note: Not all commands have an Alternate Angle Snaps are enabled, or orthogo-
edit behavior. If a selected tool does not, it nal to any of its edges when they are not.
will not work when this edit mode is active.
See “Angle Snaps” on page 170.
• Rotation - Alternate snaps objects at
• D r a w i n g - Continuous drawing behavior Allowed Angles as they are rotated.
is enabled. See “Clicking and Dragging”
on page 173. You can temporarily enable the Alternate
• Resize/Reshape - Alternate allows you edit mode when another mode is active
to keep the angle between adjacent edges by pressing Alt or using the right mouse
fixed when a corner edit handle is moved. button while performing an edit or drawing
Instead, adjacent corners move and adja- operation.
cent edges lengthen or shorten.
Move
The Move mode allows you to move
an object using edit handles that
would otherwise be used for resizing, as well
as with the Move handle. When this mode is
active, the Move icon displays near the
mouse pointer.

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