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Connectors (straight, elbow and curved)
The three
Straight Connector, Elbow Connector and Curved Connector
tools allow you to draw connecting lines between two objects. You can see
the differences among these three kinds of connector in the following illustration:
To use one of these tools, select it and then drag the mouse pointer from one object
to another, holding down the mouse button. Tip: When you move the mouse
pointer over an object, small blue boxes appear at various points on the object.
These boxes indicate where the connector line can “dock” to the object.
Rectangles, rounded rectangles and ellipses/circles
The three
Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle and Ellipse/Circle tools
allow you to draw rectangles and ellipses.
To use one of these tools, draw a rectangle of the desired size with the mouse at the
desired position. Tip: When you hold down the Shift key (Shiftª) while drawing,
you will obtain a square or a circle.
In the case of rounded rectangles, you can change the rounding of the corners. To
do this, select the rectangle. Yellow triangles will then appear at its corners. By
dragging one of these triangles you can change the rounding accordingly.
AutoShapes
The AutoShape tool allows you to draw AutoShapes. AutoShapes are readymade
drawings appropriate for a wide variety of applications, including standard
shapes like rectangles and ellipses as well as arrows, flow chart symbols, stars,
speech balloons, etc.
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