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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:
Because you constrained this line, changing the Y field moves the entire line. Remember, you do not
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.

Pen
tool

When over an existing selected This gray mark
line, the Pen tool cursor changes to shows the position
the Add Anchor Point tool cursor. of the cursor.

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.

This is the point This is the “object’s” center point.
you just added. It is not an actual anchor point.

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