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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSBE3BCC43-68BF-4a57-AD41-B34EFC2D0826a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Display the Transform panel</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6f09a"><h4 class="topictitle4">View geometric information about objects</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><p>Use
the Transform panel to view or specify geometric information for
any selected object, including values for position, size, rotation,
and shearing. Commands in the Transform panel menu provide additional
options and quick ways to rotate or reflect objects.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>The buttons and panel menu commands in the Transform panel
are also available in the Control panel.</div>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="gh_16" src="images/gh_16.png" /><div class="figdesc">Transform panel </div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Reference point locator</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Constrain
Proportions icon</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Panel menu</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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Layout&#160;&gt; Transform.</span></div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6f09a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6f09a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">View geometric information about objects</h3><div><div class="section"><p>When you select an object, its geometric
information appears in the Transform and Control panels. If you
select multiple objects, the information represents all selected
objects as a unit. </p>
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<div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Select one or more objects, and display the Transform
panel (Window&#160;&gt; Object &amp; Layout&#160;&gt; Transform).</span> <p>Position information is relative to the ruler origin and
the reference point of the object. Angle information is relative
to the pasteboard, where a horizontal line has an angle of 0°. </p>
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