Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Manual page 155

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To create square corners while dragging with the Rounded Rectangle tool, press the Left Arrow key.
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To create the most rounded corners while dragging with the Rounded Rectangle tool, press the Right Arrow key.
To draw ellipses
1 Select the Ellipse tool .
Do one of the following:
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Drag diagonally until the ellipse is the desired size.
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Click where you want the top-left corner of the ellipse's bounding box to be. Specify a width and height for the
ellipse, and click OK.
Note: To create a circle, hold down the Shift key while dragging, or if you are specifying dimensions, once you've entered
a Width value you can click on the word Height to copy that value into the Height box.
See also
"Drawing tool gallery" on page 145
"Keys for drawing" on page 527
To draw polygons
Select the Polygon tool .
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2 Do one of the following:
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Drag until the polygon is the desired size. Drag the pointer in an arc to rotate the polygon. Press the Up Arrow
and Down Arrow keys to add and remove sides from the polygon.
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Click where you want the center of the polygon to be. Specify a radius and number of sides for the polygon, and
click OK.
Triangles are polygons too! You can draw one just as you would any other polygon.
See also
"Drawing tool gallery" on page 145
"Keys for drawing" on page 527
To draw stars
Select the Star tool .
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2 Do one of the following:
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Drag until the star is the desired size. Drag the pointer in an arc to rotate the star. Press the Up Arrow and Down
Arrow to add and remove points from the star.
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Click where you want the center of the polygon to be. For Radius 1, specify the distance from the center of the star
to the star's innermost points. For Radius 2, specify the distance from the center of the star to the star's outermost
points. For Points, specify how many points you want the star to have. Then click OK.
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