Moving anchor points and segments
With a path in edit mode, you can move points and segments to alter
the shape of the path.
Drag an anchor point or segment to move it. You can also press the
keyboard arrow keys to move selected points and segments. Moving
reshapes the segments you drag or the segments attached to the
points that you move.
Pressing Shift while dragging points or segments will constrain their
movement to 45-degree intervals.
When you begin to drag a segment, the anchor points display their
tangent lines. You can control the movement of the tangent lines by
using modifier keys when you drag the segment.
Expand or contract curves
Press Tab and drag a segment to
change the length of its tangent lines without changing their angles.
This is the way that segments could be reshaped (without pressing
Tab) in Canvas 3.5 and earlier versions.
Tip
Pressing Shift while dragging
points or segments will con-
strain their movement to 45-
degree intervals.