Rotating rectangles

The QuickShape and Rectangle Tools provide with an easy way of rotating a rectangle.

image\PRCARROW.gif To rotate a rectangle

1. Select the rectangle (see Selecting objects).

2. Choose the Rectangle Tool or the QuickShape Tool.

3. Shift-drag a corner handle to rotate the rectangle.

Tips

image\BULLET.gif As you rotate the rectangle it will also scale, if you do not want it to scale, hold down CTRL too.

image\BULLET.gif Rectangles can also be rotated using the Selector Tool - see Rotating objects.

image\BULLET.gif You can also rotate a rectangle using the drop-down list on the Rectangle Tool Infobar or the QuickShape Tool Infobar. Choose Rotation from the list and change the values in the fields on the right.