Rotating objects

Objects are rotated by turning them around a designated point of origin. You can rotate objects by displaying their bounding boxes and moving the pointer to an outside corner. Once the rotate pointer appears, just click to rotate the object around its center point. You can rotate objects using the Transform palette to set a point of origin and rotation angle. You can also rotate objects using the rotate tool to drag the object or set its rotation angle.

You'll rotate the lemon 30° around its center point using the rotate tool.

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With the lemon selected, select the rotate tool () in the toolbox. Notice that the lemon's point of ...

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