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5. Type 1.75” in the Width field, then press Tab to move to the Height field.
Regardless of which unit of measurement you see in the dialog box, you can enter values
in whatever system you prefer, as long as you remember to type the correct unit in the
dialog box fields (use ″ for inches, mm for millimeters, and pt for points). Illustrator
automatically translates one unit of measurement to another.
When you move to the next field, Illustrator The value in inches is
calculates the conversion of 1.75 inches (the converted to the default
measurement (points).
value you typed) to 126 pt (the value that
automatically appears in the Width field after Pressing Tab auto-
you move to the Height field). matically highlights
the next field value.
6. Type 1.75” in the Height field.
Because you are making a shape with the same height and width, you could also click
the Constrain icon (the broken chain) on the right side of the dialog box to make the
Height field match the modified Width field.
7. Make sure the corner radius field is set to 12 pt.
A rounded-corner rectangle is simply a rectangle with the This imaginary
corners cut at a specific distance from the end (the corner circle has a
radius). The two sides are connected with one-fourth of a 12-pt radius.
circle, which has a radius equal to the amount of the rounding.

8. Click OK to create the new shape.
A shape appears on the artboard with its top-left corner exactly where you clicked with
the Rounded Rectangle tool. (If you Option/Alt-click with any of the shape tools, the
place where you click becomes the center of the new shape.)

9. Zoom in so you can clearly see the entire rectangle.
As a general rule, we don’t tell you what view percentage to use unless we want to
highlight a specific issue. As you work through the projects in this book, we encourage
you to zoom in and out as necessary to meet your specific needs.

10. Click the Selection tool (the black arrow) at the top of the Tools panel.
If the rounded rectangle is not already selected, click to select the shape.
The Selection tool is used to select entire objects.
When the object is selected, the rectangular bounding box marks the outermost
edges of the shape. Bounding-box handles mark the corners and exact horizontal and
vertical center of the shape. (If you don’t see the bounding box, choose View>Show
Bounding Box.) Because this shape has rounded corners, the corner bounding-box
handles actually appear outside the shape edges.
Note:
Four small circles inside each corner of the shape are Live Corner widgets, which allow
you to click and drag to change the shape of object corners. You can choose
View>Hide Corner
The Selection Bounding-box handles Widget to toggle the
tool is active. visibility of live corner
The top-left corner of widgets.
the new shape is placed Object center point
where you clicked.
Live Corner widget

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