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7.04 MOVING ..................................................................................................................................................... 152
7.05 RESIZING, SCALING, AUTO FIT .................................................................................................................... 154
7.05.1 Resizing ............................................................................................................................................ 154
7.05.2 Scaling .............................................................................................................................................. 155
7.05.3 Auto Fit .............................................................................................................................................. 156
7.06 ROTATING .................................................................................................................................................. 157
7.07 SKEWING AND DISTORTING ......................................................................................................................... 158
7.07.1 Skewing ............................................................................................................................................. 158
7.07.2 Distorting ........................................................................................................................................... 159
7.08 MIRRORING AND FLIPPING .......................................................................................................................... 160
7.09 LOCKING AND UNLOCKING .......................................................................................................................... 160
7.10 HIDING AND SHOWING ................................................................................................................................ 161
7.11 GROUPING AND UNGROUPING ..................................................................................................................... 161
7.11.1 Group ................................................................................................................................................ 161
7.11.2 Ungroup ............................................................................................................................................ 162
7.12 BREAKING AND MERGING............................................................................................................................ 162
7.12.1 Break Apart ....................................................................................................................................... 163
7.12.2 Merge ................................................................................................................................................ 163
7.13 ARRANGING (ORDERING) SHAPES ............................................................................................................... 164
7.14 FILL & STROKE: FILL .................................................................................................................................. 166
7.14.1 No Fill ................................................................................................................................................ 167
7.14.2 Color Fill ............................................................................................................................................ 168
7.14.3 Pattern Fill ......................................................................................................................................... 169
7.14.4 Gradient Fill ....................................................................................................................................... 170
7.14.5 Opacity .............................................................................................................................................. 172
7.15 FILL & STROKE: STROKE ............................................................................................................................ 173
7.15.1 Stroke Settings .................................................................................................................................. 173
7.15.2 Stroke Line Style ............................................................................................................................... 177
7.15.3 Converting Strokes into Closed Shapes ........................................................................................... 177
7.16 DROPPER TOOL ......................................................................................................................................... 178
7.17 CUTTING, COPYING, PASTING, DUPLICATING ............................................................................................... 179
7.17.1 Cutting to the Clipboard .................................................................................................................... 179
7.17.2 Copying to the Clipboard .................................................................................................................. 179
7.17.3 Pasting from the Clipboard ............................................................................................................... 179
7.17.4 Duplicating – Duplicate ..................................................................................................................... 180
7.17.5 Quick Duplicate ................................................................................................................................. 180
7.18 ALIGNMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 180
7.18.1 Align to Page ..................................................................................................................................... 181
7.18.2 Align to Selection .............................................................................................................................. 182
7.19 DISTRIBUTE ............................................................................................................................................... 183
7.19.1 Distribute to Page.............................................................................................................................. 184
7.19.2 Distribute to Selection ....................................................................................................................... 185
7.19.3 Distribute to Selection Below ............................................................................................................ 187
8. SCAL: WORKING WITH TEXT ..................................................................................................................... 190
8.01 TEXT OPTIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 190
8.02 SELECTING A FONT .................................................................................................................................... 190
8.02.1 Choosing a Font from the Font Menu ............................................................................................... 190
8.02.2 Choosing a Font via Font Preview .................................................................................................... 190
8.02.3 Temporarily Installing a Font ............................................................................................................. 192
8.03 ADDING TEXT OPTIONS .............................................................................................................................. 193
8.04 FOUR MODES OF TEXT ............................................................................................................................... 194
8.04.1 Type Tool .......................................................................................................................................... 194
8.04.2 Vertical Type Tool ........................................................................................................................... 194
8.04.3 Type on Path Tool ........................................................................................................................... 195
8.04.4 Type on Arch Tool ............................................................................................................................. 196
8.05 TEXT SETTINGS .......................................................................................................................................... 197
8.06 OTHER TEXT EDITING ................................................................................................................................. 199
8.07 CREATING A CONNECTED LETTER TITLE ...................................................................................................... 200
8.08 INCORPORATING SHAPES INTO A TITLE ........................................................................................................ 201
8.09 WELDING TITLES IN IMAGINATIVE WAYS ...................................................................................................... 202