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Freeway Reference: Working with Items

To make a round-cornered graphic box

1. Select the box and display the Item Appearance panel in the Inspector palette.

2. Open the Shape section.

3. Choose a radius from the Corner popup menu, or enter a radius in the text field and press Enter or Return.

Freeway Pro

Freeway Express

All four corners of the box are altered by the amount you set. Small circles appear inside the box, close to each corner at the radius

origin of the curve. You can alter the shape of individual corners by dragging these circles.

If you want to give precise dimensions to each corner, choose Custom… from the Corner popup menu. Enter the dimensions you want

in the text fields. Entering 0px removes the radius from a corner.

Note 1: When a box has corners of different radii, a “–” appears in the

Inspector palette’s

Corner

ﬁeld.

Transforming items

Rotate tool Skew tool Mirror tool

Graphic items may be rotated, skewed, scaled, or reflected using

either the Transform dialog box or by using the Rotate, Skew,

and Mirror tools. You can also transform an item’s contents

independently of the box.

Rotating an item using the Rotate tool

You can rotate items by any angle. To rotate an item using the Rotate tool:

1. Select the item.

2. Select the Rotate tool from the Toolbar or Tools palette.

3. Drag any handle to rotate the item.

Note: HTML items cannot be rotated.

Rotating an item using the Transform dialog box

FW Pro only

1. Select the item, and choose Transform… from the Item menu.

2. Under the Item section of the dialog, enter the desired angle in the Rotation field. Entering a positive value rotates the item

counter-clockwise. Entering a negative value rotates the item clockwise. To prevent the contents from being rotated, type in the

negative value of the rotated item.

3. Click OK.

Note: Freeway Express does not have the Transform dialog box, the Skew

Mirror tools, or a separate Tools palette.

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American Audio DCD-PRO240 User Manual Page 53