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USING INCOPY CS4 60 Working with InCopy documents Move a graphic 1 Make sure the frame with the desired object is checked out to you, and then select the object using the Position tool . 2 Choose Object > Transform > Move. 3 In the Move dialog box, do one of the following: • Enter the horizontal and vertical distances that you want the graphic to move. Positive values move the object down and to the right of the x axis; negative values move the object up and to the left. • To move an object a precise distance and angle, enter the distance and angle for the move. The angle you enter is calculated in degrees from the x axis. Positive angles specify a counterclockwise move; negative angles specify a clockwise move. You can also enter values between 180° and 360°; these values are converted to their corresponding negative values (for example, a value of 270° is converted to -90°). 4 Do one of the following: • To preview the effect before you apply it, select Preview. • To move the object, click OK. Scale a graphic 1 Make sure the frame with the desired object is checked out to you, and then select the object using the Position tool . 2 Choose Object > Transform > Scale. 3 In the Scale dialog box, make sure the Constrain Proportions icon is selected if you want to preserve the relative height and width of the object. Deselect this icon if you want to scale the X and Y values separately, which may result in the image being skewed. 4 Enter the horizontal and vertical scale values as either percentages (such as 90%) or distance values (such as 6p). The scale values can be negative numbers. 5 Do one of the following: • To preview the effect before you apply it, select Preview. • To scale the object, click OK. To scale the graphic in a specific direction, use the Position tool to drag the handle of a selected graphic. Pressing Shift forces proportional scaling. Rotate a graphic 1 Make sure the frame with the desired object is checked out to you, and then select the object using the Position tool . 2 Choose Object > Transform > Rotate. 3 Enter the rotation angle, in degrees, in the Angle text box. Enter a negative angle to rotate the object clockwise; enter a positive angle to rotate the object counterclockwise. 4 Do one of the following: • To preview the effect before you apply it, select Preview. • To rotate the object, click OK. Updated 29 April 2009