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1.

Select a Rectangle Tool

Click the

Rectangle tool on the

Drawing toolbar. Your mouse cursor changes to that shape and the

Rectangle button changes to the shape you selected. Remember that you can only place the shape once on your drawing area before your mouse cursor will return to its normal pointer. To place several occurrences of the same shape on your drawing, double-click that shape's button before drawing.

2.

Draw the Rectangle Shape

To draw the rectangle, click to place one end of the rectangle and drag to the opposite end to complete the shape. To create a perfect square, press

Shift as you drag.

3.

Select Ellipse Tool

Click the

Ellipse tool on the

Drawing toolbar to select the tool.

4.

Draw the Ellipse

To draw the ellipse, click to place one end of the ellipse and drag to the opposite end to complete the shape. To create a perfect circle, press

Shift as you drag.

114 About Perfecting Shapes .

Change the fill and line attributes of an object before or after you draw it by making selections from the

Line and Filling toolbar. See

113 Draw Lines and

116 Fill an Object .

Change aspects of a 3D object other than line color and fill (such as the angle and intensity of light on the object) by right-clicking the 3D object and choosing

3D Effects . Customize the

Drawing toolbar to add rounded rectangles and various circle shapes with the buttons copied from the

Rectangles and

Circles and Ovals toolbars.

5.

Display the 3D Toolbar

Draw provides cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones, pyramids, and other shapes that come right out of the drawing at you. Choose

View, Toolbar, 3D-Objects to display the

3D-Objects toolbar. Select a 3D tool such as

Cone .106 Set Draw Options ), the 3D shape will appear in the drawing area as a faint outline. You will see the object fully on the slide if the

Pages pane is displayed, however. You must disable the

Contour mode check box to see your 3D shape in the drawing area. (The shape will print either way.) This option is for users who work on slower computers whose screens take far too long to update every time they change a drawing that includes 3D shapes.

7.

Select Curve Tool

The

Curves toolbar, when you click the

Drawing toolbar's

Curve button to open it, include more tools than just curves. (For example, this the same

Drawing toolbar button you clicked in a previous task to choose the

Freeform tool.) From this toolbar, you can choose to draw a curve, a polygon, a 45-degree polygon, and filled versions of each.

NOTE

In 45-degree polygons, each edge is always a multiple of a 45-degree angle from the previous edge, as is always the case with squares and rectangles.

8.

Draw the Curve

To draw a curve, click the

Curve or

Filled Curve tool to select it. Click on your drawing area where you want to start the curve. Drag your mouse over the span of the curve and release your mouse button after you've spanned the entire curve length. Your curve initially looks like a straight line, but now the fun begins.

Unlike with most other tools, when you release the mouse button after drawing a curve, you have only designated part of the shape. You must now move your mouse to another location to begin developing the curve; as you move your mouse, the end of the line moves with your mouse, forming a curve to meet your mouse pointer. When the curve is positioned where you want it, double-click your mouse to anchor that end of the curve.

NOTE

After you've dragged your mouse to start the curve, don't drag the mouse again. Just move your mouse to adjust the curve as needed; the curve adjusts as you move the mouse.

9.

Select Polygon Tool

Once again, open the

Curves toolbar by clicking the

Drawing toolbar's

Curves button. You can now draw a polygon.

10.

Draw a Polygon

To draw a polygon, click either the

Polygon or

45-Degree Polygon tool to select it. Click your drawing area where you want to start the multisided polygon. Drag your mouse in the direction of the polygon's first side. Release your mouse button to anchor that side; then drag your mouse once again to draw the next side. Keep drawing the polygon's sides. To end the polygon, double-click your mouse button. If you want to draw an enclosed polygon, finish as close as you can to the starting point of your polygon before you double-click to anchor the polygon into position.