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35<topic id="textsdrawguiderotate_objectxml" indexer="include">
36<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Rotating Objects</title>
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41<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154684"><bookmark_value>rotating; draw objects</bookmark_value>
42<bookmark_value>draw objects; rotating</bookmark_value>
43<bookmark_value>pivot points of draw objects</bookmark_value>
44<bookmark_value>skewing draw objects</bookmark_value>
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46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154684" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="12"><variable id="rotate_object"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/rotate_object.xhp" name="Rotating Objects">Rotating Objects</link>
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48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">You can rotate an object around its default pivot point (center point) or a pivot point that you designate.</paragraph>
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57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150716" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="14">Select the object you want to rotate. On the <emph>Mode</emph> toolbar in $[officename] Draw or on the <emph>Drawing</emph> bar in $[officename] Impress, click the <emph>Rotate</emph> icon.</paragraph>
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62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="69">Move the pointer to a corner handle so that the pointer changes to a rotate symbol. Drag the handle to rotate the object.</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id0930200803002335" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Hold down the Shift key to restrict the rotation to multiples of 15 degrees.</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id0930200803002463" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Right-click the object to open the context menu. Choose Position and Size - Rotation to enter an exact rotation value.</paragraph>
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75<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3166424" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">To change the pivot point, drag the small circle in the center of the object to a new location.</paragraph>
76<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159236" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">To skew the object vertically or horizontally, drag one of the side handles.</paragraph>
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