Drawing Straight Lines, Ovals, And Rectangles - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual

Select a drawing mode under Options in the Tools panel:
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Select Straighten to draw straight lines and convert approximations of triangles, ovals,
circles, rectangles, and squares into these common geometric shapes.
Select Smooth to draw smooth curved lines.
Select Ink to draw freehand lines with no modification applied.
Lines drawn with Straighten, Smooth, and Ink mode, respectively
Drag on the Stage to draw with the Pencil tool. Shift-drag to constrain lines to vertical or
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horizontal directions.

Drawing straight lines, ovals, and rectangles

You can use the Line, Oval, and Rectangle tools to easily create these basic geometric shapes. The
Oval and Rectangle tools create stroked and filled shapes. The Rectangle tool lets you create
rectangles with square or rounded corners.
To draw a straight line, oval, or rectangle:
Select the Line, Oval, or Rectangle tool.
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Select Window > Properties and select stroke and fill attributes in the Property inspector. See
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"Using the Stroke Color and Fill Color controls in the Property inspector" on page
Note: You cannot set fill attributes for the Line tool.
For the Rectangle tool, specify rounded corners by clicking the Round Rectangle modifier and
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entering a corner radius value. A value of zero creates square corners.
Drag on the Stage. If you are using the Rectangle tool, press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow
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keys while dragging to adjust the radius of rounded corners.
For the Oval and Rectangle tools, Shift-drag to constrain the shapes to circles and squares.
For the Line tool, Shift-drag to constrain lines to multiples of 45°.

Drawing straight lines, ovals, and rectangles

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