Use the hollow arrow to select an individual object within a
group object.
2
Click the object to select it. Handles appear on the objects
bounding box.
3
Drag a handle, as described below, to resize the object.
Maintaining object proportions
When you resize vector objects and want to maintain the objects
height-to-width ratio, you have three options:
Press Shift and drag a corner handle to resize the object pro-
portionally.
Use the Scale command and select the Proportional option
in the Scale dialog box. This keeps the vertical and horizon-
tal scaling factor in the dialog box equal.
Use the Objects Specs command and select the Keep Pro-
portions option in the Object Specs palette. Canvas keeps
the object proportional if you change an object dimension in
the Object Specs palette.
To change the length of an arc
1
Select the arc. Round handles appear near the beginning and
end of the arc segment.
2
To shorten the arc, drag the round handle back over the arc. To
lengthen the arc, drag the round handle to continue the arc segment.
You can also adjust the length of an arc by changing its Start angle
and
values in the Object Specs palette.
To change
Do this
Height
Drag the top or bottom handle
Width
Drag a side handle
Height and width
Drag a corner handle
Height and width
proportionally
Press Shift and drag a corner handle
Symmetrically
(from center)
Press Option (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and
drag a handle
Symmetrically and
proportionally
Press Option-Shift (Mac) or Ctrl-Shift (Win-
dows) and drag a corner handle