MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 56

To draw a line, rectangle, or ellipse:
Choose the Line, Rectangle, or Ellipse tool.
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If desired, set the stroke and fill attributes in the Property inspector. See
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Color, Strokes, and Fills," on page
Drag on the canvas to draw the shape.
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For the Line tool, Shift-drag to constrain lines to 45° increments.
For the Rectangle or Ellipse tool, Shift-drag to constrain shapes to squares or circles.
To draw a line, rectangle, or ellipse from a specific center point:
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Position the pointer at the intended center point and Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag
(Macintosh) the drawing tool.
To constrain a shape and draw from the center point:
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Position the pointer at the intended center point and Shift-Alt-drag (Windows) or
Shift-Option-drag (Macintosh) the drawing tool.
To adjust the position of a basic shape as you draw it:
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While holding down the mouse button, press and hold the Spacebar, then drag the object to
another location on the canvas. Release the Spacebar to continue drawing the object.
Note: An exception is the Line tool. Pressing the Spacebar while using the Line tool does not
change a line's position on the canvas.
To resize a selected line, rectangle, or ellipse, do one of the following:
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Enter new width (W) or height (H) values in the Property inspector or the Info panel.
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Choose the Scale tool in the Select section of the Tools panel and drag a corner transform
handle. This resizes the object proportionally.
Note: You can also resize an object proportionally by choosing Modify > Transform > Scale and
dragging a corner transform handle, or by choosing Modify > Transform > Numeric Transform and
entering new dimensions. For more information on resizing and scaling objects, see
and distorting selected objects and selections" on page
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Drag a corner point on a rectangle.
Note: Note: Scaling a vector object does not change its stroke width.
Drawing basic rounded rectangles
You can draw rectangles with rounded corners by using the Rounded Rectangle tool, or by using
the Roundness option in the Property inspector to adjust the roundness of the corners of a
selected rectangle. The Rounded Rectangle tool draws rectangles as grouped objects. To
move rounded rectangle points independently, you must ungroup the rectangle or use the
Subselection tool.
To draw a rectangle with rounded corners:
Choose the Rounded Rectangle tool, located in the Rectangle tool pop-up menu.
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Drag the canvas to draw the rectangle.
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Tip: You can adjust the roundness of the corners as you draw by pressing any of the arrow keys or
the 1 or 2 number keys repeatedly.
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