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Drawing a Line

Using the Object Tools

Drawing a Triangle
Drawing a Rectangle
Use
the Rectangle object tool to draw a rectangle or square in one of
two ways:
- Corner-to-corner,
with the two vertices located at diagonally opposite corners of
the rectangle
- Centre-to-corner,
with the first vertex at the centre of the rectangle and the second
at one corner
To
draw a rectangle from corner-to-corner:
- In
the Graphics menu, click Add.
- Select
the Rectangle tool in the Object Tools window.
- Press
the cursor to anchor one corner of the rectangle. Do not release
the cursor.
- Drag
the cursor diagonally. You can adjust the width and height of the
rectangle as long as you hold down the cursor.
- Release
the cursor to anchor the second vertex.
The rectangle is drawn on the image.
To
draw a rectangle from centre-to-corner:
- In
the Graphics menu, click Add.
- Select
the Rectangle tool in the Object Tools window.
- Press Alt.
- Position
the cursor where you want to place the centre of the rectangle and
press down.
- Drag
diagonally, and release the cursor when the rectangle is the correct
size.
Drawing a Square
Press P while you draw and repeat the
procedure for drawing a rectangle from corner-to-corner.