Tools of Indesign

Transformation Tools

Rotate Tool:Rotate tool lets you rotate objects around a fixed point.

For rotating any object click on rotate tool and just drag in the desired direction.

This is explained as below:

• Draw a rectangle.

• Click on Rotate Tool. • Click on rectangle and move it in any direction.

Scale Tool:Scale tool lets you resize objects around a fixed point.

To increase or decrease the size of object, select scale tool and drag on object gently.

Shear Tool:Shear tool lets you skew objects around a fixed point.

• Create any object.

• Click on object with shear tool. • Drag in direction where you what the object to skew.

Free Transform Tool(E): lets you scale, rotate and skew objects around a fixed point.

• To increase the size of an object just select free transform tool and start dragging from corner of object.

• To rotate object select free transform tool. • With rotation handles that appear outside the object rotate the object.