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Drawing straight segments in the Freehand Tool
While drawing a freehand line hold down "Alt", move the pointer to a new position and release "Alt" to
draw a straight line. You can continue drawing a line or hold down "Alt" again to draw another straight
segment. Remember, you can use "Ctrl" to constrain the angle of the line. If you only want to draw lots of
single segment straight lines, use the Straight Line Tool
described below.
Extending a line
Make sure the line is selected (a single click on the shape or line in the Freehand & Brush Tool
will do this). Now if you move over the end of the line, a small + sign next to the pencil icon will indicate
you can just draw to add a new freehand section to the line.
Joining two lines
Select both lines, ("Shift + click" on the second line to add it to the selection) and you can now just draw
from the end of one line to an end of the other. A small + sign next to the pencil icon (appearing after a
pause) indicates you are over the end.
Closing a freehand shape (to create a filled shape)
If you connect the start and end of a line, then it becomes a filled shape. You can now alter the fill color
by dragging colors from the Color Line or using the Color Editor.
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