•    To delete an endpoint’s tangent line, you can also Tab-click the anchor point. •    To simultaneously delete both tangent lines of an anchor point, Tab-click the point. Straightening curve segments You can straighten a curved segment by selecting it and using the Straighten command in the context menu. This command deletes the tangent line(s) that are curving the segment. To straighten a segment:   With the object in edit mode, Ctrl- click (Mac) or right-button click (Windows) the curved segment that you want to straighten. Choose Straighten in the context menu. Reshaping curve segments To adjust the shape of a curve, in addition to moving points and seg- ments along the path itself, you can adjust the tangent lines that con- trol the curve. The angle of the tangent line affects the curve shape, while the length of the tangent line affects the size of the segment. At a smooth anchor point, adjusting the angle of a tangent line affects the curves on both sides of the anchor point. At a corner anchor point, you can reshape the segments on each side independently. For more information, see “Reshaping paths by editing anchor points” on page 23.438. To reshape a curved segment 1 With the object in edit mode, click one of the segment’s anchor points to display its tangent lines. 2 Drag the handle of the tangent line to change the shape of the associated curve. In the case of a smooth point, the tangent line affects both adjacent curve segments. Path editing shortcuts To do this Shortcut (Mac) Shortcut (Windows) Add an anchor point Option-click path Ctrl-click path Delete an anchor point Option+Shift-click anchor point Ctrl+Shift-click anchor point Change the length of the tangent lines on both sides of a smooth anchor point at the same time Option-drag tangent line handle Ctrl-drag tangent line handle
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