The meaning of those shapes and icons is defined below.
Anchors appear on and around the object. Anchors can be moved to alter the size / shape or properties of a drawing object.
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Anchor
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Tool Option
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Use
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All
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Shows the Anchor Point of the drawing object. When rotated, the object is rotated about the anchor point. The Anchor point is displayed in the Transform Panel.
The anchor point can be moved by pressing and holding the Alt key (Alt) and the left mouse button and dragging this handle. |
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Scale
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When this anchor is dragged, the object is resized via the scaling properties.
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Resize, Perspective
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When this anchor is dragged, the object is resize via the width and height properties.
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Rotate / Skew
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Then these anchor are dragged, the object is either rotated (corner anchor) or skewed (middle anchor).
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All
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This anchor appears in the text and autoshape objects. For autoshape objects, it changes the shape of the object. For text objects, it changes the margins.
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All
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This anchor appears when the Reshape tool has been selected. This anchor indicates a control anchor.
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All
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This anchor appears when the Reshape tool has been selected. This anchor indicates a vertex anchor.
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Cursors appear at the current mouse location. The cursor icon changes to indicate when the object and anchors can be selected by pressing the left mouse button.
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Cursor
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Tools
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Meaning
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Select, Reshape
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No object / anchor is currently selected.
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Select, Reshape
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The object Anchor Point can be selected
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Select, Reshape
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A scale or resize anchor can be selected.
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Select, Reshape
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The drawing object can be selected for moving.
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Select, Reshape
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An autoshape anchor (auto shape object) or a margin anchor (text object) can be selected.
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Select, Reshape
with Rotate option |
The object has been selected for rotation around the defined Anchor Point. See Rotate option for more information.
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Select, Reshape
with Rotate option |
The object has been selected for Skewing. See Rotate option for more information.
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Select
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Used to drag and re-position the guides.
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Reshape
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The item displayed by the cursor can be selected for reshaping.
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'?' is an icon to indicate the chosen tool. |
Motion Path,
Line, Pencil, Bezier, Text, Ellipse, Rectangle, Autoshapes |
Used for initial placement and sizing of drawing object.
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Pan
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Pans the workspace.
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