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Editing Object Corners You can also edit the corners numerically in the Corner

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

Option/Alt-click this
icon to open the Corner
Options dialog box.

Click this yellow square Drag a yellow corner diamond Option/Alt-click a yellow Shift-click a yellow diamond to
to enter Live Corner left or right to change the diamond to change the shape change the radius of only one
Effects edit mode. radius of all four corners. 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
fact, InDesign offers a number of methods for aligning objects, both to the page and
to each other. In this exercise you will explore a number of those options as you create
sprocket-hole shapes that will turn the black rectangle into a strip of film.

1. With identity.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, 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
Pressing Option/Alt
while you drag clones
Smart Guides mark the selected object.
object edges and center
points when you drag “Clone” Selection
tool cursor
another object near it.

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