WebPlus Essentials User Guide - Serif

To crop one shape to another:
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1. Place the "clipping" object in front of the object to be cropped, using
the Arrange menu and/or Arrange toolbar as needed. In the
illustration above, a QuickShape is in front of a text frame.
2. With both objects selected (or grouped), choose Crop to Shape from
the Tools menu.
Combining lines and shapes
Combining curves is a way of creating a composite object from two or more
lines or drawn shapes. As with cropping to a shape, the object in front clips the
object(s) behind, in this case leaving one or more "holes" where the component
objects overlapped. As with grouping, you can apply formatting (such as line or
fill) to the combined object and continue to edit individual nodes and segments
with the Pointer tool. Unlike those other methods, a combined object
permanently takes the line and fill properties of the front object. Combining is
reversible, but the component objects keep the line and fill properties of the
combined object.
Combining is a quick way to create a mask or stencil cutout:
QuickShapes Convert to
Curves
Combine
Curves
To combine two or more selected lines or drawn shapes:
1. Draw your two lines or QuickShapes.
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2. Place the "clipping" object in front of the object to be cut out, using
the Arrange menu and/or Arrange toolbar as needed.
3. Select each object and choose Tools>Convert to Curves.