Technical Illustration Using the Transform Roll-up

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Drawing the Ultimate Cell Phone - page 5

	Create an ellipse 0.45 wide by 0.30 high. Use the Property Bar to correct the size. Align this ellipse vertically centered on the "PWR" button then horizontally centered on the "RCL" button. Go to the Transform Roll-up and apply an 85 percent reduction to a duplicate of the ellipse. Put the text ABC inside the inner circle. Swiss 721 normal 8 point centered should work fine. Center the type with the align command.
	Duplicate the two ellipses and the text and align it horizontally with the "STO" button. Go to Preferences (Ctrl+J) and change your nudge to 0.01. Nudge the new button right five clicks. Change the text to "MENU".
	Duplicate the latest outside ellipse and use the Transform Roll-up to apply the following stretches: Horizontal 140 percent, Vertical 110 percent. Then apply an 85 percent to duplicate to get the inside ellipse. Now use the Transform Roll-up to apply a 90 degree rotation to both ellipses. Group the ellipses and position them as follows: Group the "PWR" and "CLR" buttons and align the ellipse group and the group vertically centered. Then select the ellipse group and the insert and align right. Finish this step by ungrouping everything.

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