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Figure 169: Rotating an object

Inclination and perspective

To slant or shear objects, use the red handles located at the midpoint

of an edge of the selected objects. The mouse pointer changes to a

when the pointer hovers over one of these midpoint handles. Not every

object can be slanted—basic shapes can be rotated but not slanted.

The slant axis is the point directly opposite the midpoint handle to be

used for shearing the object. This point stays fixed in location; the

other sides and edges move in relation to it as the mouse is dragged

(make sure that the handle icon is showing before dragging).

As with rotation, you can set the inclination to occur as steps of 15° by

pressing the

Shift

key while moving the handle.

Editing objects

To change an object’s attributes (such as color, border width, among

others) you can use the Line and Filling toolbar or the context menu.

If the Line and Filling toolbar (Figure 170) is not visible, you can

display it using View > Toolbars > Line and Filling. From here you

can edit the most common object attributes. You can also open the Line

dialog by clicking on the Line icon and the Area dialog by clicking

on the Area icon to see more options.

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