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, check marks and Xs.
You can add a shape to your page, and then edit its properties. Alternatively, you can customize a shape’s outline color, fill color and line thickness, and then add it to your page.
To create a shape
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Press Shapes 
, and then select a shape.
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Create a shape by pressing where you want to place the shape and dragging until the shape is the size you want.
Tip
You can create perfect circles, squares, triangles and other shapes by holding down SHIFT as you draw the shape.
To set the shape’s appearance before creating it
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Press Shapes , and then select a shape.
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If the Properties tab isn’t visible, press Properties 
.
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Press Line Style.
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Select the color, thickness and style for the shape’s outline.
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Press Fill Effects.
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Select the transparency and fill effects for the shape.
Tip
To save the line style and fill effects for future use, press Save Tool Properties.
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Create a shape by pressing where you want to place the shape and dragging until the shape is the size you want.
Tip
You can create perfect circles, squares, triangles and other shapes by holding down SHIFT as you draw the shape.
SMART Notebook 10.8 for Windows operating systems
