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Editing Object Corners You can also edit Option/Alt-click to
When a rectangular frame is selected in the layout, a small
INDESIGN FOUNDATIONS bounding box. You can click this button to enter Live Corner in the Corner Options Options dialog box.
the corners numerically
yellow square appears on the right edge of the shape’s
open the Corner
dialog box, which you
Effects edit mode, where you can dynamically adjust the
appearance of corner effects for all corners or for one corner at
can open by Option/Alt
clicking the icon in the
a time. Simply clicking away from the object exits the edit mode.
Control panel.

Click the yellow square Drag a yellow corner diamond Option/Alt-click a yellow Shift-click a yellow diamond to
to enter Live Corner Effects left or right to change the diamond to change the change the radius of only one
edit mode. radius of all four corners. shape of corner effects. corner. Option/Alt-Shift-click to
change the shape of one corner.

Clone, Align, And distribute multiPle objeCts
As you should have already noticed, there is often more than one way to accomplish
the same task in InDesign. Aligning multiple objects on a page is no exception. In this
exercise you will explore a number of alignment options as you create sprocket-hole
shapes that will turn the black rectangle into a strip of film.

1. With crowe.indd open, choose the Selection tool in the Tools panel.
The Selection tool is used to select entire objects; the Direct Selection tool is used to
select parts of objects or the contents of a frame.

2. Click inside the area of the rounded rectangle to select the shape. If
necessary, click and drag to make sure the rounded rectangle is entirely
within the page boundaries.
Smart guides, which you will use in the next steps, do not function when moving objects
on the pasteboard (outside the page boundaries.)

3. Using the Selection tool, click inside the rounded rectangle area, press the
Option/Alt key, and drag right. Release the mouse button when the preview
shows a small space between the two objects.
Pressing Option/Alt as you drag moves a copy of the selected object (called cloning).
As you drag, a series of green lines mark the top, center, and bottom of the original
object. These green lines are a function of InDesign’s Smart Guides, which make it easy
to align objects to each other by simply dragging.

Selection tool Note:

Smart Guides You can also press Shift
mark object edges to constrain the cloning
and center points. movement to 45° angles.

“Clone” Selection
tool cursor

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