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Chapter 7 Working with Images, Shapes, and Other Objects 147

The pointer changes from an arrow to a small pen tip.

2 Click anywhere in your document to create the rst point of the custom shape.

3 Click to create more points.

Each point you add is connected to the preceding point. To delete a segment you’ve

just created, press the Delete key. You can press Delete multiple times.

4 To stop drawing and close the shape (add a solid line between the last and rst

points), click the rst point.

To stop drawing and leave the shape open (no line between the last and rst points)

so that you can work with the shape again later, press the Esc (Escape) key or double-

click the last point created.

5 To close or add more points to a shape that you previously left open, click once in

the shape to select it, and then click it a second time to show its points. Do any of

the following:

Double-click one of the two points at either end of the open segment; the pointer

changes to a pen tip.

To add points, click other locations as needed. Â

When you’re ready to stop drawing and close the shape, click the point at the end of

the open segment.

6 Select the shape’s border and drag it to wherever you want it on the page.

To change the shape’s contours, you must rst make the shape editable; see “Editing

Shapes” on page 147.

To learn about manipulating and aligning shapes, and changing their general object

properties, such as color, border style (stroke), size, orientation, shadows, and more, see

“About Manipulating, Arranging, and Changing the Look of Objects” on page 157.

Editing Shapes

You can manipulate and reshape the points and contours of a shape you’ve

already placed on a page. Before you can edit a shape in this way, you need to make

it editable.

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