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4. Type 1.75” in the Width field, then press Tab to move to the Height field.
Regardless of what unit of measurement you see in the dialog box, you can enter values
in whatever system you prefer, as long as you remember to type the correct unit in the
dialog box fields (use 3 for inches, mm for millimeters, and pt for points). Illustrator
automatically translates one unit of measurement to another.

When you move to the next field, Illustrator calculates the conversion of 1.75 inches
(the value you typed in the Width field) to 126 pt (the value that automatically appears
in the Width field after you move to the Height field).

The value in inches is
converted to the default
measurement (points).
Pressing Tab auto-
matically highlights
the next field value.

5. Type 1.75” in the Height field.
Because you are making a shape with the same height and width, you could also click
the Constrain icon (the broken chain) on the right side of the dialog box to make the
Height field match the modified Width field.

6. Make sure the corner radius field is set to 12 pt.
A rounded-corner rectangle is simply a rectangle with the cor-
ners cut at a specific distance from the end (the corner radius). This imaginary
The two sides are connected with one-fourth of a circle, which circle has a
has a radius equal to the amount of the rounding. 12-pt radius.

7. Click OK to create the new shape.

A shape appears on the artboard with its top-left corner exactly where you clicked with
the Rounded Rectangle tool. (If you Option/Alt-click with any of the shape tools, the
place where you click becomes the center of the new shape.)

Note:
8. Click the Selection tool (the solid arrow) at the top of the Tools panel and
zoom in to 200%. As a general rule, we
don’t tell you what view
The Selection tool is used to select entire objects. percentage to use unless
When the object is selected, the rectangular bounding box marks the outermost edges we want to highlight a
of the shape. Bounding box handles mark the corners and exact horizontal and vertical specific issue. As you work
center of the shape. (If you don’t see the bounding box, choose View>Show Bounding through the projects in
Box.) Because this shape has rounded corners, the corner bounding-box handles actually this book, we encourage
appear outside the shape edges. you to zoom in and out
Four small circles inside each corner of the shape are Live Corner widgets, which allow as necessary to meet your
you to click and drag to change the shape of object corners. specific needs.

The Selection
tool is active. Bounding-box handles
The top-left corner of
the new shape is placed Object center point
where you clicked.

Live corner widget

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