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Lines, Curves, and Shapes 73
All QuickShapes can be positioned, resized, rotated, and filled. What's more, you
can "morph" their designs. For example, dragging the handles on a Quick
Polygon will change the number of sides to make a triangle, pentagon, hexagon,
or other polygon.
To adjust the appearance of a QuickShape:
1. Click on the QuickShape to reveal sliding handles around the shape.
These are distinct from the "inner" selection handles. Different
QuickShapes have different handles.
2. Drag any handle to change the appearance of the QuickShape.
For example, by dragging the top sliding handle to the right on the pentagon
below will quickly produce an octagon:
You can use the QuickShape context toolbar to swap the
QuickShape type for another, as well as the object's line properties;
use the Color or Swatch tab to apply the QuickShape's fill.
Converting a shape to editable curves
The conversion of QuickShapes to curves provides you with a starting point for
your own shapes, whereas converting text to curves is one way of incorporating
editable letter-based shapes into designs.
To convert an object into curves:
1. Select your QuickShape or text object.
2. Click Convert to Curves on the Arrange tab.
3. Edit the curve outline using the Node Tool (see Editing lines and
shapes on p. 65).