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4. Click the third point, press Shift, and drag right until the ruler shows the
cursor is at 6.5″.
Note:
As we just explained, the affected curve gets larger as you drag farther away from the

point. Because you’re dragging exactly horizontally, the horizontal segment on the If you add points to a
right is not curving. curved line segment, the
new points automati-
On the left side of the point, however, you can see the effect of converting Point 3 to

a symmetrical point. Dragging to the right side of the point adds direction handles on cally adopt the necessary
both sides of the point; the length and position of the left handle defines the shape of the direction handles to

curve on the left side of the point, which is the one you want to affect in this step. maintain the original

curve shapes.
Note:
The lines that connect

anchor points based on
the angle and length of
the control handles are
5. Choose the Pen tool in the Tools panel. It is now nested under the Convert called Bézier curves.
Direction Point tool.
When you choose a nested tool variation, the nested tool Note:
becomes the default option in that position on the Tools panel.
When you drag direc-
6. Move the cursor over the left endpoint of the line. When you see a tion handles, the blue

diagonal line in the cursor icon, click to connect to the existing endpoint. lines preview the effects
of your changes.

Note:
This icon indicates that
clicking will connect to If you move an anchor
the open endpoint. point that has direction
handles, the handles
7. Press Shift, then click at the bottom-left bleed guide. don’t change angle or

length. The related
curves change shape
based on the new posi-
tion of the point.

Shift-click to create a vertical line
connected to the previous point.

8. Press Shift, then click the bottom-right bleed guide.

Shift-click to create a
horizontal line between
the previous point and
the point where you click.

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