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More about Working with InDesign Objects
Transforming Objects Manually
INDESIGN FOUNDATIONS InDesign layout. Using the Selection tool: the object’s original height-to-width proportions during the
When you drag a handle, you can press Shift to maintain
You have a number of options for transforming objects in an
transformation. Press Option/Alt while dragging to transform
• Click a center bounding-box handle and drag to resize
the object around its center point.
the object in one direction.
• Click a corner handle and drag to resize the object in
You can also use one of the Transformation tools to rotate,
both directions at once.
scale, or shear an object (or use the fields in the Control or
Transform panels to apply the same transformations).
• Click outside a corner handle and drag to rotate the
object.

Scale X Percentage Shear X Angle

Scale Y Percentage Rotation Angle

Using the Pathfinder
You can apply a number of transformations to objects using the Pathfinder panel (Window>Object & Layout>Pathfinder).

Paths Pathfinder Convert Shape Convert Point
Join Path Add Rectangle Plain Point
Open Path Subtract Rounded Rectangle Corner Point
Close Path Intersect Beveled Rectangle Smooth Point
Reverse Path Exclude Overlap Inverse Rounded Rectangle Symmetrical Point
Minus Back Ellipse
Triangle
Polygon
Line
Horizontal/Vertical Line
Path options break (open) a closed path, connect (close) Convert Shape options change the overall appearance
the endpoints of an open path, or reverse a path’s direction of an object using one of the six defined basic shapes, or
(start becomes end and vice versa). using the default polygon settings; you can also convert any
existing shape to a basic line or an orthogonal (horizontal or
Pathfinder options create complex objects by combining vertical) line.
multiple existing objects. When you use the Pathfinder
options (other than Subtract), the attributes of the front Convert Point options affect the position of direction
object are applied to the resulting shape; the Subtract handles when a specific anchor point is selected.
function maintains the attributes of the back object. • Plain creates a point with no direction handles.
• Add results in the combined shapes of all selected • Corner creates a point that produces a sharp corner;
objects. changing the direction handle on one side of the point
• Subtract returns the shape of the back object minus does not affect the position or length of the handle on
any overlapping area of the front object. the other side of the point.
• Intersect results in the shape of only the overlapping • Smooth creates a point with opposing direction
areas of selected objects. handles that are exactly 180° from one another; the two
• Exclude Overlap results in the shape of all selected handles can have different lengths.
objects minus any overlapping areas. • Symmetrical creates a smooth point with equal-length
• Minus Back results in the shape of the front object opposing direction handles; changing the length or
minus any area where it overlaps other selected objects. position of one handle applies the same change to the
opposing handle.

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