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7. Release the mouse button to create the rectangle. Note:
Every shape you create in an InDesign document has a bounding box, which is a Press Shift while drawing
non-printing rectangle that marks the outer dimensions of the shape. (Even a circle a shape to constrain the
has a square bounding box, marking the largest height and width of the object.) The horizontal and vertical
bounding box has eight handles, which you can drag to change the size of the rectangle. dimensions of the shape
If you can see an object’s bounding box handles, that object is selected.
(in other words, to create
a perfect square or circle).

The shape has a 1-pt
black stroke because you
recalled the default fill
and stroke values before
creating the shape.

The Control panel shows Bounding box
the position and dimensions handles
of the selected object.

8. At the bottom of the Tools panel, click the Swap Fill and Stroke button.

Because you turned off the
Dimensions Include Stroke
Weight option, removing
the stroke has no effect on
the object’s size.
The object now has a
black fill and no stroke.

Swap Fill and
Stroke button

9. At the left end of the Control panel, select the top-left reference point.
The Control panel is context-sensitive, which means different options are available
depending on what is selected in the document. This panel consolidates the most
common options from multiple InDesign panels.
The reference point determines how transformations will occur (in other words, which
point of the object will remain in place if you change one of the position or dimension
values). These points correspond to the object’s bounding box handles, as well as to the
object’s exact center point.
Constrain object width and height Constrain object scale

Transformation Object Scale the object by a
reference point dimensions specific percentage
Object position

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