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5. At the left end of the Control panel, change the Y field to 1″ and press
Return/Enter to apply the change. Note:

Changing the Y value moves the selected element up or down. Because you constrained Remember, you do not
this line to horizontal, changing the Y field moves the entire line. need to type the units
if you are entering
a measurement in
the default unit of
measurement. We include
the units in our steps for
the sake of clarity.

6. Choose the Pen tool in the Tools panel.

7. Move the cursor over the line you just created.
When the Pen tool is over an existing selected line, it automatically switches to the Add
Anchor Point tool cursor; clicking adds a new point to the selected line.

If the Pen tool is over a specific point on a selected line, it automatically switches to the
Delete Anchor Point tool cursor; clicking removes that point from the line.

When over an existing selected This gray mark This is the “object’s”
line, the Pen tool cursor changes to shows the position center point. It is not
the Add Anchor Point tool cursor. of the cursor. an actual anchor point.

Pen
tool

8. When the cursor is at the 3.625″ mark of the horizontal page ruler, click to
add a point to the line.
The visible center point of the selected line is a bit deceptive. This simply marks the
center of the shape (a line, in this case); it is not an actual point on the line.

9. Move the cursor right to the 4.375″ mark and click to add another point.
All vector objects are composed of anchor points and connecting line segments, even if
you don’t create each point manually. The original line had two regular points, one at
each end, and a straight connecting segment. You added two new points, for a total of
four points and three connecting segments.

Point 1 Point 2 Point 3 Point 4

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