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User Guide
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Enter the rotation angle in the Angle text box. Enter a negative angle to rotate the object clockwise; enter a positive
angle to rotate the object counterclockwise.
4
If the objects contain a pattern fill, select Patterns to rotate the pattern. Deselect Objects if you want to rotate the
pattern but not the objects.
5
Click OK, or click Copy to scale a copy of the objects.
To place multiple copies of the object in a circular pattern around a reference point, move the reference point away
from the center of the object, click Copy, and then repeatedly choose Object > Transform > Transform Again.
To rotate objects with the Transform palette
1
Select one or more objects.
2
Do one of the following:
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To rotate the object around its center point, enter a value for the Angle option in the palette.
•
To rotate the object around a different reference point, click a white square on the reference point locator
in
the palette, and enter a value for the Angle option.
You can also call up the Transform palette by clicking X, Y, W, or H in the Control palette.
See also
“About the Transform palette” on page 291
To rotate multiple objects individually
1
Select the objects to rotate.
2
Choose Object > Transform > Transform Each.
3
Do either of the following in the Rotate section of the dialog box:
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Click on the angle icon or drag the angle line around the icon.
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In the Angle text box, enter an angle between –360˚ and 360˚.
4
Click OK, or click Copy to rotate a copy of each object.
See also
“To move multiple objects with the Transform Each command” on page 272
“To scale multiple objects with the Transform Each command” on page 295
To rotate the x and y axes of a document
By default, the
x
and
y
axes are parallel to the horizontal and vertical sides of the document window.
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Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > General (Mac OS).
2
Specify an angle in the Constrain Angle text box. A positive angle rotates the axes counterclockwise; a negative
angle rotates the axes clockwise.