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Creating a drawing object

To create a drawing object:

  1. In the Paper Layout view, click a drawing tool in the tool palette (for example, Rectangle, Ellipse, Polyline, and so on).

  2. To create a line, rounded rectangle, rectangle, ellipse, arc, or freehand object, click in the main area (canvas region) of the window and drag to create the object.

  3. To create a polygon or polyline, click in the main area (canvas region) of the window where you want each point of the object, then double-click to create the object.

  4. To draw constrained objects (that is, perfect circles and squares, and so on), hold down the constrain key (for example, the shift key) when drawing the graphic.

  5. Double-click the drawing object.

  6. In the Property Inspector, set the desired properties.

See also

Importing an image