Duplicate shape and scale from centre illustration CS6

Question

I am using illustrator CS6 and was wondering if there is a way to duplicate a shape while scaling a shape down to the centre? For example I am making a donut so I want to create a smaller circle in the middle. For other objects/shapes I would hold option+click and drag a duplicate. However I want to using the transform tool, duplicate+scale down+scale from centre.

Otherwise I will just copy shape and paste in place then scale down from centre.

Answer 1

• select object
• CTRL+C copy to clipboard
• CTRL+F paste to duplicate in the same location
• hold ALT and SHIFT and drag any corner handle to scale from center

Answer 2

I copy, paste in front/back, then scale --
it's just faster using shortcuts. -- c,f/b, e, option-shift-drag.
_{(e is only necessary because I turn off the bounding box in Illustrator, it's unnecessary)}

One could merely double-click the Scale Tool to do it all via a dialog window. Just click the Copy button rather than the OK button.