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Shapes and Vectors

5:13 with Christopher Downer

Learn how to use shapes and vectors within your document.

You can see these and more features at the Bohemian Coding Features Page

  • Line Tool used to draw lines in your documents
  • Arrow Tool used like the line tool, but will have an arrow applied to the end point
  • Rectangle Tool is used frequently and can be accessed by pressing the R key
  • Oval Tool behaves the same way as the Rectangle Tool and can be accessed by pressing the O key

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    There you will find a choice of eight shapes to choose from. 0:00
    So, let's take a brief look at the most commonly used ones. 0:02
    The line tool can be used to draw lines on the document. 0:06
    Once selected, just click and drag to create your line. 0:10
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    This will draw a path on the canvas, which has a border whose thickness you can 0:18
    adjust and not a fill as there is no area to fill. 0:23
    The Arrow tool works the same way as the Line tool but 0:27

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