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4. Type 1.5” in the Width field and then press Tab to move to the Height field.
Regardless of what unit 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; there are a few others, but they are
rarely used). Illustrator automatically translates one unit of measurement to another.

When you move to the next field, Illustrator calculates the conversion of 1.5 inches (the
value you placed in the Width field) to 108 pt (the value that automatically appears in
the Width field after you move to the Height field).

Pressing Tab automatically
highlights the next field value. Note:
A rounded-corner
rectangle is simply a
5. Type 1.5” in the Height field. Set the Corner Radius field to 12 pt, and rectangle with the corners
then click OK. cut at a specific distance
A shape appears on the artboard with its top-left corner exactly where you clicked with from the end (the corner
the Rounded Rectangle tool. radius). The two sides
are connected with one-
fourth of a circle, which
has a radius equal to the
amount of the rounding.
The top-left corner of
the new shape is placed
where you clicked.

This imaginary
circle has a
12-pt radius.
6. Click the Selection tool in the Tools panel and zoom in to 200%.

When the object is selected, the bounding box marks the outermost edges of the shape. Note:
Bounding box handles mark the corners and exact horizontal and vertical center of the
shape. If you don’t see the bounding box, choose View>Show Bounding Box. As a rule, we don’t tell
you what view percentage
The Selection The bounding box handles to use unless we want to
tool is active. show the actual corners, where highlight a specific issue.
the corner radius cut off the As you work through the
corners of the rectangle.
projects in this book, we
encourage you to zoom in
and out as necessary to
meet your specific needs.

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