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Using the Shapes Tool

How to use all the options the Shapes tool has to offer.

Updated over a week ago

Shape tool options

Select the Shapes tool from your toolbar. Click and hold anywhere on the page to start drawing your selected shape (you can also use your finger or stylus with a touchscreen).

  1. Stroke thickness

  2. Stroke type (straight or dotted strokes)

  3. Transparency

  4. Square

  5. Ellipse

  6. Triangle

  7. Polygon

  8. Line

  9. Color palette

  10. Eyedropper + more colors


Using shift to create specific shapes

Holding shift makes the following changes when drawing a shape:

  1. Ellipse β€” Will draw a regular quadrilateral (square)

  2. Triangle β€” Will draw a right-angle triangle

  3. Polygon β€” Will draw a regular polygon (equal sides and congruent angles)

  4. Line β€” Will draw a perfectly vertical or horizontal line

These changes are shown below (the purple shapes):


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