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Joining lines
You can only join lines if both are selected (the point handles are shown on both lines):
Using the Selector Tool, hold down "?" and click on the lines to select them (if you are already in the
Shape Editor Tool, you can press "Alt + S" to temporarily go into the Selector Tool, "?+ click" to
select the second line, then "Alt + S" again to return to the Shape Editor Tool
).
Selecting objects is described fully in "Selecting objects
".
Once both objects are selected, in the Shape Editor Tool, drag the end handle of one line over the end
of the other line. As you drag the mouse pointer will show a +
symbol to indicate that the lines will be joined..
If the ends of the two lines are already very close to each other (but not joined), then you can either
zoom in or drag the end point away, and then back again so it's over the end point, and you see the +
sign to indicate a join will occur.
To create a filled shape, drag the other two end handles together. Because you join the end handles, you
can only join lines and not shapes. Shapes are closed objects and so have no end handles.
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