How do you rotate the graphic within a graphics frame without rotating the frame? To rotate a frame within a graphic, use the Direct Selection tool to select the frame within the graphics by clicking outside the content grabber. Then click the pointer slightly inside any of the six corner handles.

Use the Selection tool to select the graphic within the frame by clicking within the content grabber. Position the pointer slightly outside any of the four corner handles and drag to rotate the graphic

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To rotate the graphic within a frame without rotating the frame;

We use the Selection tool to select the graphic within the frame by clicking within the content grabber. Position the pointer slightly outside any of the four corner handles and drag to rotate the graphic.

It is usually four corner handles not six as written in the question.