Edit is the normal default interaction level for a graphic. In this case the editing behavior of the graphic is not modified. All editing and resizing handles are provided, no additional scaling handles are available.

Selection of Scale, Edit, or Free Transform provides an additional set of rectangle resizing handles. These is used to change the overall size of the graphic or to stretch the graphic in the horizontal or vertical direction.

Setting the Interaction Level to Scale provides the resizing handles of the Scale and Edit setting, but omits the normal resizing and editing handles. In this case the graphic may be interactively resized but not reshaped.

Setting the Interaction Level to Free Transform provides resizing, orientation and shear handles for distorting, rotating and scaling the graphic. All of these actions may be applied interactively - on screen - to the graphic by using these handles. The Free Transform inspector palette (found on the Tools main menu Distort submenu ) can be used to adjust the distortion parameters in an numerical inspection manner. The outer set of handles provide Scaling control. The inner corner handles provide rotation. The inner centered handles provide shear.

Setting the Interaction Level to Uniform Scale provides only two resizing handles and none of the normal resizing and editing handles. In this case the graphic may be interactively resized while maintaining the aspect ratio of the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the graphic.

Setting the Interaction Level to Freeze eliminates all scaling and resizing handles. The graphic may still be moved with a click and drag but not reshaped. This is a complimentary action to "locking" the graphic, in that case the graphic may be reshaped but not moved.