Brother Ensemble PDP-100J, Руководство пользователя

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Drawing 222
Transforming Objects
You can transform an object to give it special visual effects such as
flipping, scaling, rotating, and skewing (slanting). You can also undo any
transformation you make.
Flipping Objects
You can also use the Transform menu to turn objects over, or flip" them
left-to-right or top-to-bottom. This is useful for creating interesting effects
with text objects and for building complex designs out of component
objects. The following illustration shows some text that has been flipped:
To flip an object:
1. Select the object(s) you want to flip. Handles appear around the
object(s).
2. From the Transform menu, choose Flip Left to Right or Flip Top to
Bottom. The objects flip in the direction you choose.
To scale objects:
1. Select the object.
2. Choose Scale from the Transform menu.
3. To scale objects precisely horizontally and vertically, use the Scale
submenu. Click on the up and down arrows until the percentage of
increase or decrease shows in the value box, or enter in a value up to
1000 percent.
4. Click on Scale to apply your changes. Drawing redrawsselected objects
using the custom scale settings you specified.
5. Click on Close to close the dialog box.
You can also use keyboard
shortcuts to flip objects when the
transform menu is pulled down.
Press
L (as in “Left–to–right”) to
flip the selected object
left–to–right. Press
T (as in
“Top–to–bottom”) to flip it
top–to–bottom.
Using the Scale submenu, you
can make objects larger by
entering a value greater than
100%, or make them smaller by
entering a lower value than 100%.
You can scale vertical and
horizontal dimensions
independently or together
.
You can use scaling to elongate
or shorten a text object.