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Changing Polygon Shape Using Arrow Keys

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    • September 13, 2019 at 12:52 pm #1184912
      Marc Dunker
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      I was playing with a polygon shape and decided to try the Illustrator trick of dragging out a polygon and then using arrow keys to change the number of sides and burst intensity (or whatever you call it). To my surprise it instead created a grid of shapes!

      After a little trial and error, I figured out the space bar is a toggle between the grid/pattern of the current shape and changing the size/intensity.

      I haven’t found any other documentation about this anywhere!

    • September 13, 2019 at 2:58 pm #14324128
      David Blatner
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      Thank you, Marc! That is a great find.
      We did write it up, but it was a long time ago, so it’s not surprising that it was hard to find:
      https://indesignsecrets.com/cs5s-gridified-tools-adds-a-wrinkle-to-drawing-starbursts-and-polygons.php

    • September 16, 2019 at 4:06 am #14324121
      Marc Dunker
      Member

      I always love finding new features in Adobe software, but I’m a curious and knowledge hungry person.

      For example, I used to not know what GREP styles were years ago—so I decided to do a search. Now not only do I use Regular Expressions for GREP styles, but also in PDF form scripting and web development.

      Thanks for the link, David!

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