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2.2.15.2 Using Degree's of Rotation
Rotate An Object Using Fixed or Specified Degree's of Rotation
A pop-up menu with additional menu items allows you to Rotate the selected object(s) through various predefined angles or through any angle you specify.
The Rotate command is executed as follows;
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Select the object(s) to be rotated.
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Click the Rotate button (
) to activate the Rotate function.
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With the mouse pointer hovering over the point about which the object(s) are to be rotated, Shift+Right-Click to raise the Rotate menu then select the desired degree and direction of rotation from the list of predefined angles (180°, 90° CW, 45° CW, 30° CW, 15° CW, 15° CCW, 30° CCW, 45° CCW, 90° CCW).
Alternately, any angle may be entered by Left-Clicking the Enter Angle... menu item
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Select the object(s) to be rotated.
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With the mouse pointer hovering over the point about which the object(s) are to be rotated, Shift+Right-Click to raise the Rotate menu and then select the Enter Angle... option.
And then entering a desired angle in the Rotate dialog window that appears.
Rotation can also be achieved through use of one of these alternate methods;
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Left+Drag using the mouse. See Section 2.2.15.1 for detail.
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Aligning the selected object with another object on the layout. See Section 2.2.15.3 for detail.