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5. Type 1.75” in the Width fi eld, then press Tab to move to the Height fi eld.
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 fi elds (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 fi eld, The value in inches is
Illustrator calculates the conversion of converted to the default
1.75 inches (the value you typed in the measurement (points).
Width fi eld) to 126 pt (the value that Pressing Tab auto-
automatically appears in the Width fi eld matically highlights
after you move to the Height fi eld). the next field value.

6. Type 1.75” in the Height fi eld.
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 fi eld match the modifi ed Width fi eld.

7. Make sure the corner radius fi eld is set to 12 pt.
A rounded-corner rectangle is simply a rectangle with the This imaginary
corners cut at a specifi c distance from the end (the corner circle has a
radius). Th e 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 specifi c issue. As you work through the projects in this book, we encourage
you to zoom in and out as necessary to meet your specifi c 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.
Th e Selection tool is used to select entire objects.

When the object is selected, the rectangular bounding box marks the outermost Note:
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 You can choose
Bounding Box.) Because this shape has rounded corners, the corner bounding-box View>Hide Corner
handles actually appear outside the shape edges. Widget to toggle the
visibility of live corner
Four small circles inside each corner of the shape are Live Corner widgets, which allow widgets, or use the
you to click and drag to change the shape of object corners. Show/Hide Shape

The Selection Bounding-box handles Widgets button in the
tool is active. Control panel when a
rectangle or polygon live
The top-left corner of Object center point shape is selected.
the new shape is placed
where you clicked.
Live corner widget

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