To return to regular editing, on the Home tab, in the Tools group, click the Pointer tool. The shape becomes opaque, which indicates that it is a closed shape. To close the shape, drag the endpoint of the last segment that you create over the vertex at the beginning of the first segment. Segments are deleted in the reverse order in which they were drawn. To draw additional segments, point to the vertex at the end of the last segment that you added, and then drag to draw the next segment. To draw the second segment, point to the vertex of the first segment, and then drag. To draw the first segment, point to where you want to start the shape, and then drag until the segment is the size that you want.Īfter you draw the segment, the shape displays vertices. To draw a curved line, select the Arc tool. To draw an irregular shape, select the Freeform tool. To draw a straight line, select the Line tool.

To return to regular editing, in the Tools group, click the Pointer tool. To draw a circle or oval, select the Ellipse tool.ĭrag to draw the shape on the drawing page. To draw a rectangle, select the Rectangle tool. On the Home tab, in the Tools group, click the arrow next to Rectangle, and then do one of the following: You can tell that the triangle is not closed because it is not filled with a solid color and you can see the drawing background through the shape. In this example, the rectangle is a closed shape because it is filled with a solid color. By default, closed shapes are filled with a solid color. If you use the Rectangle tool or the Ellipse tool, you get closed shapes automatically. If you want to be able to apply fill colors to your new shape, you need to create a closed shape.

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