sizing pallet ?

[RS]

I am moving from CorelDraw to Illustrator ... and I wonder where the pallet
for dialling in the size of a photo or whatever exists? In Corel it is in
the menu bar. I can't find a similar feature in Illustrator 10 ... strange
as that sounds ! My friend, a Mac Illustrator guy simply resizes objects
with the mouse and shift key. (He doesn't even ever have "rulers" turnedon!)
That is fine for some stuff, but I want to type "6.75" and have the photo to
be exactly 6.75 inches ... no fuss, no muss. Where does that pallet or
whatever, exist in AI 10 ?

Thanks!

-RS-

[RS]

I am wondering if the silence this thread has received is because I am
missing/overlooking something obvious about that Illustrator 10
interface/workspace ??

Thanks!

-RS-

"RS" <jf_reneX@Xhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Exmbc.430$Sh4.224@edtnps84...

> I am moving from CorelDraw to Illustrator ... and I wonder where the

pallet

> for dialling in the size of a photo or whatever exists? In Corel it is in
> the menu bar. I can't find a similar feature in Illustrator 10 ... strange
> as that sounds ! My friend, a Mac Illustrator guy simply resizes objects
> with the mouse and shift key. (He doesn't even ever have "rulers"

turnedon!)

> That is fine for some stuff, but I want to type "6.75" and have the photo

to

> be exactly 6.75 inches ... no fuss, no muss. Where does that pallet or
> whatever, exist in AI 10 ?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -RS-
>
>

[RS]

Someone has been kind enough to point out the location of the "Transform"
pallet in Illus. 10 !

However, my Transform pallet does not have any "chain link" icon that will
lock the aspect ration as one sets the width or the height of an object.

Question How does one lock the aspect ration when using the Transform
pallet?

Thanks !

-RS-
"RS" <jf_reneX@Xhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:sQ3cc.10996$J56.1757@edtnps89...

> I am wondering if the silence this thread has received is because I am
> missing/overlooking something obvious about that Illustrator 10
> interface/workspace ??
>
> Thanks!
>
> -RS-
>
> "RS" <jf_reneX@Xhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Exmbc.430$Sh4.224@edtnps84...

> > I am moving from CorelDraw to Illustrator ... and I wonder where the

> pallet

> > for dialling in the size of a photo or whatever exists? In Corel it is

in

> > the menu bar. I can't find a similar feature in Illustrator 10 ...

strange

> > as that sounds ! My friend, a Mac Illustrator guy simply resizes

objects

> > with the mouse and shift key. (He doesn't even ever have "rulers"

> turnedon!)

> > That is fine for some stuff, but I want to type "6.75" and have the

photo

> to

> > be exactly 6.75 inches ... no fuss, no muss. Where does that pallet

or

> > whatever, exist in AI 10 ?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -RS-
> >
> >

>
>

[RS]

Ok, maybe I've been starting off on the wrong foot here ... jumping the gun
so to speak ;-). Maybe Transform is not what most people use ... so:

How do you size an object you want to "place" ... and keep the aspect ratio
the same?

Thanks !

-RS-

"RS" <jf_reneX@Xhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6ygdc.23588$J56.15431@edtnps89...

> Someone has been kind enough to point out the location of the "Transform"
> pallet in Illus. 10 !
>
> However, my Transform pallet does not have any "chain link" icon that will
> lock the aspect ration as one sets the width or the height of an object.
>
> Question How does one lock the aspect ration when using the Transform
> pallet?
>
> Thanks !
>
> -RS-
> "RS" <jf_reneX@Xhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:sQ3cc.10996$J56.1757@edtnps89...

> > I am wondering if the silence this thread has received is because I am
> > missing/overlooking something obvious about that Illustrator 10
> > interface/workspace ??
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -RS-
> >
> > "RS" <jf_reneX@Xhotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:Exmbc.430$Sh4.224@edtnps84...

> > > I am moving from CorelDraw to Illustrator ... and I wonder where the

> > pallet

> > > for dialling in the size of a photo or whatever exists? In Corel it

is

> in

> > > the menu bar. I can't find a similar feature in Illustrator 10 ...

> strange

> > > as that sounds ! My friend, a Mac Illustrator guy simply resizes

> objects

> > > with the mouse and shift key. (He doesn't even ever have "rulers"

> > turnedon!)

> > > That is fine for some stuff, but I want to type "6.75" and have the

> photo

> > to

> > > be exactly 6.75 inches ... no fuss, no muss. Where does that pallet

> or

> > > whatever, exist in AI 10 ?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > -RS-
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>