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pressing Ctrl+Shift+A (-Shift-A). Switch to the

tool, and Alt-click (Option-click) the larger of

the rectangles to select the shape without selecting

the group, as shown in Figure 2-49. Then press

Ctrl+Shift+ (-Shift- on the Mac) to bring the

shape to the front of the group.

32. Flip the ornament. Now to duplicate the ornament

to the other positions around the central face. First,

select the grouped ornament with the

tool. To fl ip

the selection, we’ll use Illustrator’s refl ect tool ( ).

You can access the refl ect tool by clicking and hold-

ing the

tool in the toolbox or by pressing the O key.

Once you have the tool selected, Alt-click (or Option-click)

at the intersection of the guides at the center of the artwork.

This sets the refl ection axis and opens the Refl ect dialog box,

shown in Figure 2-50. The refl ection axis is simply an invisible

line that the artwork will fl ip (or refl ect) across—you can think

of it as a mirror that the artwork will refl ect across. Make sure

the Preview check box and Vertical are selected. Do not click

OK; instead, click Copy, which duplicates the ornament.

33.

Select both ornaments and fl ip them again. Once again switch

to the tool, and Shift-click the original ornament to add it to

the selection. Change back to the

tool, and Alt-click (or

Option-click) at the guide intersection again. This

time in the Refl ect dialog box, select