2) Select the rotate tool (whose icon is the universal symbol for "rotate" that can't possibly be confused with anything else)
3) Click once to define an origin
4) Click and drag to interactively rotate about that origin.
This is how the Illustrator rotate tool has worked since, literally, Illustrator 1.0.
2) Select the rotate tool (whose icon is the universal symbol for "rotate" that can't possibly be confused with anything else)
3) Click once to define an origin
4) Click and drag to interactively rotate about that origin.
This is how the Illustrator rotate tool has worked since, literally, Illustrator 1.0.