Operation Manual

Lines, Curves, and Shapes 63
To draw a straight line:
1. From the Drawing toolbar's Line Tools flyout, click the
Straight Line Tool.
2. Click where you want the line to start, and drag to another point while
holding down the mouse button, then release the mouse button. The
straight line appears immediately.
To constrain the angle of the straight line to 15° increments, hold
down the Shift key down as you drag. (This is an easy way to make
exactly vertical or horizontal lines.)
Any kind of open line (that is, one that hasn’t been closed to create a shape) can
be extended, and you can use any of the three line tools to do so. Use the Pointer
Tool and then the line’s drawing tool to resize or reshape lines once you've
drawn them.
To extend a line:
1. Move the cursor over either of the end nodes (a small cursor will
appear), and click the node.
2. The line that you drag out will be a continuation of the existing line, as
a new line segment.
To draw a curved line:
1. Choose the Pen Tool from the Drawing toolbar's Line Tools
flyout.
2. From the displayed context toolbar, choose to create
your drawn segments in Smooth, Smart, or Line Segments creation
Mode.