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Editing shapes

Editing shapes - iBooks Author Tutorial

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Editing shapes

- In the last movie we created some basic shapes. Now let's look at editing these shapes. To do that, simply click one time on a basic shape that you've created, and then go up to the Format menu, and come down to the Shape menu, and select Make Editable. When you make a shape editable, you'll notice that the corner points of the shape have changed from the white control handles to solid red control handles. If you click one of these red control handles, and you drag it to a new location, the other control handles all remain constant, while the one that you moved, causes the shape to distort. You can then grab the control handle again, and move it to a new location. Each of the different control points can be moved independently of each other. If you deselect by clicking away from the shape, and then click on the shape again, you return back to a selection where you can simply change the size of the shape. If you want to continue editing, all you need to do is click one time on the…

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