Changing a Layer’s Appearance or Size 85
Deko500 User’s Guide
3. Position the pointer near the border of the layer, so that the pointer
becomes the rotation tool.
4. Drag to rotate the layer.
To specify a numerical value for rotation:
1. Select the layer.
2. Activate the Style window.
3. Choose Layer at the top of the Style window.
4. Double-click the Rotation text box, then type or scroll to a value.
SCALING A LAYER
To scale a layer using the keyboard:
1. From the Options menu, choose Transform/Scale & Width
(Ctrl+W).
2. In the Options menu, choose Transform and set increment of
change to Coarse or Fine (Ctrl+spacebar).
3. Select the layer.
4. Hold down Alt and press either the up or down arrow (↑↓) to
increase or decrease layer size, or the right or left arrow ( ) to
increase or decrease layer width.
To scale a layer using the mouse:
1. Click the scale button in the Tools window.
2. Select the layer.
3. Position the pointer over a handle on any side or corner of the
layer, so that the pointer becomes a scaling tool.
4. Drag to scale the layer.
To specify a numerical value for layer scaling:
1. Select the layer.
2. Activate the Style window.
3. Choose Layer at the top of the Style window.
4. In the Style window, enter values for H Scale and V Scale.
Note When you scale a text field, Deko500 scales all text within the
field. To change the size of the text field without scaling the
text, change the Box value in Text Field Properties.