MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 142

Rectangles, ellipses, and lines are the basic FreeHand shapes. You can draw basic
shapes by dragging with one of these tools. You can also precisely adjust rectangles'
size and position, and adjust the curve of rectangle corners.
Rectangles and ellipses are drawn as grouped objects. If you ungroup a rectangle
or ellipse, FreeHand converts it to a path, and you can no longer edit it as a
rectangle or ellipse.
Click the Rectangle, Ellipse, or Line tool in the Tools panel.
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Hold down the mouse button to start a path, drag to draw, and then release the
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mouse button to end the path.
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) as you drag the respective tool.
Double-click the Rectangle tool.
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