Brother Ensemble PDP-100J, Owner'S Manual

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4. Click on Skew. Drawing redraws the selected objects using the skew
settingsyou specified. You can continue to click on Skew to apply the
skewing repeatedly until you achieve the result you want.
5. Click on Close to close the dialog box.
Untransforming Objects
You can remove any skewing, scaling, or rotations you have made to an
object and revert to its original drawn state. You might want to do this, for
example, if you were experimenting with different transformations and
wanted to reverse everything you have done, return to the object's
original state, and start over.
Untransforming removes all transformations you have applied to an
object. To abandon individual transformations, choose Undo from the Edit
menu or transform the object in reverse.
To untransform an object:
1. Select one or more objects that you want to untransform.
2. Choose Untransform from the Transform menu.
Drawing redraws
selectedobjects removing all transformations.
Duplicating Objects
It is often useful to duplicate an object instead of recreating it. For
example, if you are drawing a floor plan that shows the layout of six
desks, you can save time by drawing the first desk and then duplicating it
five times.
To duplicate an object:
1. Select the object you want to duplicate. Handles appear around the
object.
2. Choose Duplicate from the Edit menu. The copied object appears with
handles around it in the center of the screen. You can use the move
handle on the duplicate to move the object to the position you want.
Shortcut: Press D to duplicate
the selected object(s); press
P to
duplicate the selected object(s) in
place.