In the library menu, you can use these drawing tools to draw line, arc, spiral, rectangle, rounded rectangle, oval, polygon and star shapes.

Draw straight lines with the Line Segment tool

Use the Line Segment tool when you want to draw one straight line segment at a time.

Draw arcs

Use the Arc tool when you want to draw one arc segment at a time.

Draw spirals

Draw rectangles and squares

1. Select the Rectangle tool.
2. Do one of the following:
   • To draw a rectangle, drag diagonally until the rectangle is the desired size.
   • To draw a square, hold down the Shift key while you drag diagonally until the square is the desired size.
   • To create a square or rectangle using values, double click where you want the center point to be. Specify a width and height, and click OK.

Draw rounded rectangles

1. Select the Rounded rectangle tool.
2. Do one of the following:
   • To draw a rounded rectangle, drag diagonally until the rectangle is the desired size.
   • To draw a rounded square, hold down the Shift key while you drag diagonally until the square is the desired size.
   • To create a rounded square or rounded rectangle using values, double click where you want the center point to be. Specify a width, height and the corner radius, then click OK.

   

Draw ellipses

1. Select the Ellipse tool.
2. Do one of the following:
   • To draw a ellipse, drag diagonally until the ellipse is the desired size.
   • To draw a circle, hold down the Shift key while you drag diagonally until the circle is the desired size.
   • To create a circle using values, double click where you want the center point to be. Specify a width and height, then click OK.

Draw polygons

1. Select the Polygon tool.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Drag until the polygon is the desired size. Drag the pointer in an arc to rotate the polygon. Press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to add and remove sides from the polygon.

   

   • Click where you want the center of the polygon to be. Specify a radius and number of sides for the polygon, and click OK.

   Note: Triangles are polygons too! You can draw one just as you would any other polygon.

Draw stars

1. Select the Star tool.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Drag until the star is the desired size. Drag the pointer in an arc to rotate the star. Press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow to add and remove points from the star.
   • Click where you want the center of the star to be. For Radius 1, specify the distance from the center of the star to the star's innermost points. For Radius 2, specify the distance from the center of the star to the star's outermost points. For Points, specify how many points you want the star to have. Then click OK.