Resizing or Rotating Drawing Elements

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A drawing element is resized or rotated from the same point that it was originally drawn. For example, a shadowed box is resized from the corner where the plain edges meet.

You cannot rotate Boxes, Brackets, or Daggers. When a box or closed bracket is rotated along with objects within its borders, the area of the box or closed bracket increases to accommodate the rotation of the contained objects.

To resize or rotate a drawing element:

1. Select the Drawing Element tool.

2. Press Shift and point to an end or edge of a drawing element.

A highlight box appears.

3. Drag the object to the new size or orientation.

The Info window shows the percentage enlarged or reduced when you drag the Resize handle and the number of degrees the object rotates when you drag the Rotation handle.

To scale atom labels when resizing:

• Hold Command while dragging to resize.