Using The Rectangle Tool; Using The Rectangle Frame Tool; Using The Ellipse Tool; Using The Ellipse Frame Tool - Adobe PAGEMAKER 6.5 Training Manual

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Using the
The Rectangle tool is used to draw rectangles, or by holding down the
Rectangle
Shift key allows you to draw squares. You can change the corner
Tool
radius of the rectangle before it is drawn by double clicking the
rectangle tool to display the Rounded Corners dialog box:
Note: You can change the corners of the rectangle after it has been
drawn, by choosing the Element > Rounded Corner command.
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The Rectangle Frame tool is used the same way as the rectangle
Rectangle
tool; however, this tool allows you to place text or graphics within the
Frame Tool
frame:
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The Ellipse tool is used to draw ellipses, or by holding down the Shift
Ellipse Tool
key allows you to draw circles:
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Using the
The Ellipse Frame tool is used the same way as the ellipse tool;
Ellipse Frame
however, this tool allows you to place text or graphics within the frame:
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The Polygon tool is used to draw customized or preset polygon
Polygon Tool
shapes.
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To change the preset shape you will be drawing, double click the
polygon tool to display the Polygon Settings dialog box.
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Holding down the Shift key allows you to constrain the length and
width of the shape, or the line segment.
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After you draw a shape, you can add, move, or delete its vertices and
line segments, by double clicking the shape.
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From the main menu, choose the Element > Polygon Settings
command to change shapes drawn with the polygon presets:
Note: If you save your document, as a PageMaker 6.0 publication,
when reopened in Version 6.0, any irregular polygons you create
cannot be edited as far as changing the vertices and line segments,
only resized.
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The Polygon Frame tool is used the same way as the Polygon tool;
Polygon
however, this tool allows you to place text or graphics within the frame:
Frame Tool
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