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4. Choose the Selection tool at the top of the Tools panel, then click the left
rectangle on the artboard to select it.

5. In the Properties panel, review the Transform options for the active selection.
Transform options in the Properties panel are the same as those that are available in
the stand-alone Transform panel (Window>Transform). Note:

The reference points correspond to the If you have a wide
bounding box handles of the selected monitor, the reference
Reference point
object. The selected square in this around which numeric point proxy and the X,
icon identifies which point of the transformations are based Y, W, and H fields are
object is being measured. available directly in the
Control panel.
If you use the W or H fields to resize an object, you can constrain the object’s height-
to-width aspect ratio by clicking the chain icon (to the right of the W and H fields in If you have a smaller
the Transform panel, or between the W and H fields in the Control panel). application frame, the

In Illustrator, the default zero point (the source of measurements) is the top-left Control panel includes a
corner of the artboard; the X and Y positions of an object are measured relative to that hot-text link to a pop-up
location. The X axis is the horizontal value and the Y axis is the vertical value. You can Transform panel.
change the zero point by clicking where the horizontal and vertical rulers meet, and
dragging to a new position; if you do reposition the zero point, you can double-click
the intersection of the rulers to restore the default zero point.
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Keep these ideas in mind when you move something in
an Illustrator file: y axis
• Moving up requires subtracting from the Y value. – 0 +
• Moving down requires adding to the Y value. x axis
• Moving left requires subtracting from the X value.
• Moving right requires adding to the X value.
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6. Click the top-left reference point to select it.
The X and Y fields now show the exact position of the top-left bounding box handle
for the selected object.

7. Highlight the X field and type .25. Press Return/Enter to apply the change.
You don’t need to type the measurement unit (″) or the preceding zero (0). Because the
rulers are showing inches, Illustrator automatically applies inches as the unit of value.

The top-left reference
point is selected.

Measurements
correspond to this point
of the selected shape.

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