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Move, Rotate and Resize a Shape
Move a Shape
Position the cursor over the shape and when the cursor becomes a four-headed arrow, hold down the mouse button and drag the shape.
![move a shape](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/edrawmax/move-shape.png)
To align the shape with another shape when you move it, you can enable Dynamic Grid to help you.
![move and align shapes](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/edrawmax/move-and-align-shape.png)
Tips:
- To nudge a shape, click and select it, and then press the arrow keys.
- To nudge a shape exactly one pixel, hold down Shift and press an arrow key.
- To turn on dynamic grid, go to File tab, click Options to Snap & Glue and check Dynamic Grid.
Rotate a Shape
To rotate a shape at random:
- Click to select the shape and then move the cursor over the rotation handle until the cursor becomes an arrow circle.
- Drag the handle to rotate the shape.
![rotate a shape](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/edrawmax/rotate-shape.png)
Tips: As you rotate a shape, the angle of each single dragging depends on the distance between the mouse point and the shape pin. The longer the distance is, the less the angle is.
To rotate a shape in a fixed angle:
- Click and select the shape.
- Click Property icon
on the right sidebar.
- Type the rotation degree you want in the Angle row.
![shape property](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/edrawmax/shape-property.png)
To rotate a shape in a special angle:
- Click and select the shape.
- On Home Tab, in Arrange group, click Rotate & Flip.
- Click the desired rotation option for the shape.
Resize a Shape
To resize a shape, you can:
- If the shape has selection handles, drag the selection handle to change the size of the shape. To resize the shape proportionally, drag the corner handles.
- For 1-D shape, drag the endpoint to the length you want.
![resize a shape](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/edrawmax/resize-shape.png)
Tips:
- If you see fewer than eight handles on a shape, zoom in the drawing page to see the other handles and to resize the shape more accurately.
- Grey box handles indicate that the shape is locked and cannot be resized.
- Resizing shapes proportionally means keeping their aspect ratios unchanged.
- When you resize selected shapes and hold Ctrl key, the selected shapes will be resized while the center points won’t move.
- When you resize selected shapes and hold Shift key, the selected shapes will be resized more smoothly.