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Drawing straight lines, ovals, and rectangles

You can use the Line, Oval, and Rectangle tools to easily create these basic geometric shapes. The Oval and Rectangle tools create stroked and filled shapes. The Rectangle tool lets you create rectangles with square or rounded corners.

To draw a straight line, oval, or rectangle:

  1. Select the Line, Oval, or Rectangle tool.
  2. Select Window > Properties and select stroke and fill attributes in the Property inspector. See Using the Stroke Color and Fill Color controls in the Property inspector.

    Note: You cannot set fill attributes for the Line tool.

  3. For the Rectangle tool, specify rounded corners by clicking the Round Rectangle modifier and entering a corner radius value. A value of zero creates square corners.
  4. Drag on the Stage. If you are using the Rectangle tool, press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys while dragging to adjust the radius of rounded corners.

    For the Oval and Rectangle tools, Shift-drag to constrain the shapes to circles and squares.

    For the Line tool, Shift-drag to constrain lines to multiples of 45° .

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