Transform
palette settings
You can select
options and enter
data in the Trans-
form palette to
change the size,
location, and ori-
entation of select-
ed objects.
A Reference point. Click a
point in the box to set the refer-
ence point for the object. The
location of the reference point
depends on the objects shape.
With a rectangle selected, the
corner points in the box corre-
spond to the rectangles cor-
ners. With an oval or other
shape selected, the corner
points in the box correspond to
the corners of the objects
bounding box.
Rotation point. Shift-click a
point in the box to set the rota-
tion point for the object. A red
square in the box indicates the
current rotation point. The rota-
tion point is a point on the
object around which the object
rotates if you enter a rotation
angle.
B Position data. The type of
data that appears in the boxes,
and their labels, depends on
whether you choose Relative,
Absolute, Start/End Points, or
Distance and Angle in the menu
(C).
C Choose an option for speci-
fying location and size data. You
can choose Relative, Absolute,
Start/End Points, or Distance
and Angle.
Choose Relative to change
position relative to the current
position, or height and width
values.
Choose Absolute to specify X
Y coordinates or height and
width values.
Choose Start/End Points to
specify X Y coordinates.
Choose Distance & Angle to
specify X Y coordinates, dis-
tance, and angle for lines.
D When this button is select-
ed, the palette constrains ob-
jects so they are resized propor-
tionally. For example, if you
type a width value, Canvas cal-
culates the height value to keep
the objects proportions the
same.
E The X and Y boxes show
100% when you select an ob-
ject. You can resize an object by
percentages by changing the
values. For example, to resize a
rectangle so it is twice as wide,
type 200 in the X box. To make
it one-half as tall, type 50 in the
Y box.
The Y box is not available when
the proportion option (D) is
selected.
F Rotation. Click to select
clockwise or counter-clockwise
rotation. Type the angle of rota-
tion in the box to rotate the ob-
ject.
G Skew. Click to select hori-
zontal or vertical skewing. Type
the skew angle in the box to
skew the object.
H When this is selected, the
Transform palette operates as if
multiple selected objects were a
group object. If this option is
not selected, the palette affects
selected objects individually.
With multiple objects selected
and the group option (H) not
selected, coordinate values are
0; you can enter new values,
which Canvas applies to each
object when you press Enter.
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