To Draw A Polygon Or Star; To Edit A Polygon Or Star - MACROMEDIA FREEHAND MX 11 Use Manual

To draw a polygon or star:

In the Tools panel, select the Polygon tool from its pop-up menu.
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Drag to draw a polygon or star.
2
To modify the polygon or star as you draw, use any of the following keys:
3
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Press Shift to constrain the angles of the polygon.
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Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) to draw from the center regardless of the selected
drawing option.

To edit a polygon or star:

In the Tools panel, click the Subselect tool.
1
Select the polygon or star.
2
Do either of the following:
3
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Drag a diamond-shaped handle to uniformly edit the vertices, or "peaks," of the polygon
or star.
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Drag a circular handle to uniformly edit the midpoints, or "valleys," of the polygon or star.
To constrain the vertices or midpoints to the original angle of the polygon or star, press Shift as
4
you drag.
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Midpoint
Vertex