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6. Click the top edge of the selected shape and drag right until the shape
matches the table leg shape in the template image.

Drag the top edge
to shear the object. Note:

The origin point The Illustrator
remains fixed in place. transformation tools all
use this same origin point
concept as the basis for
transformations. You can

After you shear a Live Shape, it is no longer recognized as the original Live Shape; click without dragging
the specific shape properties are no longer available in the Transform panel. to reposition the origin
point before applying the
transformation.
The shape is no
longer recognized
as a rectangle.
Rectangle properties
are no longer available
in the Transform panel.

7. Choose the Reflect tool (nested under the Rotate tool) in the Tools panel.

8. Double-click the Reflect tool in the Tools panel.
Double-clicking a transformation tool in the Tools panel opens a dialog box, where you
can numerically define the transformation. (This dialog box is the same one you would
see by choosing Object>Transform>Reflect.)

9. Check the Preview option at the bottom of the dialog box.
When the Preview option is active, you can see the result of your choices before
finalizing them.

10. Choose the Vertical option in the Axis section.
Reflecting vertically flips the object around the Y axis. Reflecting horizontally flips the
object around the X axis.
Note:
Transformation dialog
Choose the Vertical boxes default to the
option to reflect the last-used settings for that
shape around the Y axis. transformation.

Reflect
tool

Turn on the
Preview option.

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