Creating shapes with the Shapes tool
You can use the Shapes tool to create a variety of shapes, including perfect circles, perfect squares, perfect triangles, other geometric shapes, hearts, ticks and Xs .
You can add a shape to your page and then edit its properties. Alternatively, you can customise a shape’s outline colour, fill colour and line thickness and then add it to your page.
To create a shape
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Press Shapes.
The Shapes tool buttons appear.
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Select a shape on the toolbar.
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Press and then select a shape.
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Optionally, customise the shape using the property selectors.
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Create a shape by pressing where you want to place the shape and dragging until the shape is the size that you want.
Tips
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You can create perfect circles, squares, triangles and other shapes by holding down SHIFT as you draw the shape.
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You can select a shape while the Shapes tool is active without having to switch to the Select tool. Press the shape once and a selection rectangle appears around the shape.