Operation Manual

118 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide
You can hide the bounding box to make drawing artistic media strokes in quick succession more fluid.
To draw a line by using the Freehand tool
1
In the toolbox, click the Freehand tool .
2 Perform a task from the following table.
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To Do the following
Draw a curved line Click where you want to start the curved line, and drag.
Draw a straight line Click where you want to start the line, and then click where you
want the line to end.
Control the smoothness of a curved line Type a value in the Freehand smoothing box on the property bar.
Higher values produce smoother curves.
Reposition a line Hold down both the left and right mouse buttons, and drag the
line to a new position.
Place a copy of a line in the drawing Hold down the right mouse button, and drag the line to a new
position. Click Copy here.
Add line segments to an existing line Click the end node of a selected line, and click where you want the
new segment to end.
Create a closed shape from two or more connected lines In a line that contains two segments, click the end node, and then
click the start node.
You can constrain a line created with the Freehand tool to a predefined angle, called a constrain angle, by holding down Ctrl while
you drag. This feature is useful for drawing straight vertical and horizontal lines. For information about changing the constrain angle,
see “To change the constrain angle” on page 249.
You can erase a portion of a curved freehand line by holding down Shift and dragging backward over the line before releasing the
mouse button.