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4. Choose the Selection tool at the top of the Tools panel, then click the left
rectangle on the artboard to select it.

5. In the Properties panel, review the Transform options for the active selection.
Transform options in the Properties panel are the same as those that are available in the
stand-alone Transform panel (Window>Transform).
Note:
The reference points correspond to the If you have a wide
bounding box handles of the selected monitor, the reference
object. The selected square in this Reference point
around which numeric
icon identifies which point of the transformations are based point proxy and the X,
object is being measured. Y, W, and H fields are
available directly in the
If you use the W or H fields to resize an object, you can constrain the object’s height- Control panel.
to-width aspect ratio by clicking the chain icon (right of the W and H fields in the
Transform panel, or between the W and H fields in the Control panel). If you have a smaller
application frame, the
In Illustrator, the default zero point (the source of measurements) is the top-left corner Control panel includes a
of the artboard; the X and Y positions of an object are measured relative to that location.
(The X axis is the horizontal value and the Y axis is the vertical value.) You can change hot-text link to a pop-up
the zero point by clicking where the horizontal and vertical rulers meet and dragging to Transform panel.
a new position; if you do reposition the zero point, you can double-click the intersection
of the rulers to restore the default zero point.
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Keep these ideas in mind when you move something in an
Illustrator file: y axis
• Moving up requires subtracting from the Y value. 0
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• Moving down requires adding to the Y value. x axis
• Moving left requires subtracting from the X value.
• Moving right requires adding to the X value.
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6. Click the top-left reference point to select it.
The X and Y fields now show the exact position of the top-left bounding box handle for
the selected object.

7. Highlight the X field and type .25. Press Return/Enter to apply the change.

You don’t need to type the measurement unit (3), or the preceding “0”. Because the
rulers are showing inches, Illustrator automatically applies inches as the unit of value.

The top-left reference
point is selected.

Measurements
correspond to this point
of the selected shape.

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