Scaling and Resizing a Shape

[inspiredmac]

In Illustrator, I can scale or resize an object by using the Selection tool and grabbing a point on a shape and dragging it. I can keep the scaling proportional by holding down the Shift key as I drag.

I can't find any way to scale or resize a shape in Designer. Is there a specific key combination to get the job done?

[toltec]

hi @inspiredmac

Yes. Hold down the shift key.

p.s if you look at the Status bar on the very bottom of the window, it lists all the modifiers.

[Guest]

Hello inspiredmac,

In addition to what @toltec said, hold down the "Shift" and "Ctrl/Cmd" keys together by dragging one of the corners of the shape selection frame to force magnification from the center.

[inspiredmac]

In this instance, I was working on a some text on a line (or curve, if you like). I tried using the Selection tool and the Node tool while holding down the Shift key and dragging, but I could not get the shape to resize or scale.

[toltec]

1 hour ago, inspiredmac said:

In this instance, I was working on a some text on a line (or curve, if you like). I tried using the Selection tool and the Node tool while holding down the Shift key and dragging, but I could not get the shape to resize or scale.

Text on a path is not a shape.

Use the Move Tool and drag on any edge or corner tool to resize the path only. The text will re-flow to fit. Press Shift to constrain the proportions.

If you want to resize the path and the text at the same time, drag on the resize handle

Again, press shift to constrain the proportions.

 

 

[inspiredmac]

I'll give this a try. I think I dragged on every point I could see. Somehow I don't remember seeing the point your red arrow is pointing to.

Chock it up to inexperience with the program.

Thanks.