Another useful trick to know is how to constrain your proportions on scaling. Just by holding down the shift key while clicking and dragging to scale, your shape/symbol will scale proportionally instead of squashing or stretching.
Flash Tip: Program Tools: Free Transform Tool
By Adrien-Luc Sanders, About.com
The options tab at the bottom of the toolbar area lets you lock the Free Transform tool to a single transformation just by clicking on the appropriate button. They are, listed from left to right and top to bottom: Rotate, Scale, Perspective, and Skew.
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