QuickShapes are 'intelligent' shapes created using the QuickShape, Rectangle and Ellipse Tools. QuickShapes are different from normal shapes as they are not simply a set of points connected by lines. For example, if you draw a polygon QuickShape and you drag one of its corners, all the other corners move simultaneously. QuickShapes also contain other useful features. For example you can add curved corners to any QuickShape and warp their straight edges.

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QuickShapes come in all shapes and sizes including ellipses, circles, rectangles, squares and polygons. Straight-sided QuickShapes can be made star-shaped too.

You can alter any QuickShape with the QuickShape Tool or the Selector Tool (if edit handles have been enabled, see Enabling edit handles).

Drawing QuickShapes

image\BULLET.gif Drawing ellipses and circles

image\BULLET.gif Drawing rectangles and squares

image\BULLET.gif Drawing polygons

image\BULLET.gif Drawing star-shaped polygons

Changing Ellipses and Circles

image\BULLET.gif Changing an ellipse to a polygon

image\BULLET.gif Scaling ellipses

image\BULLET.gif Rotating ellipses

image\BULLET.gif Stretching ellipses

Changing Rectangles, Squares and Polygons

image\BULLET.gif Changing a rectangle into an ellipse

image\BULLET.gif Scaling rectangles

image\BULLET.gif Rotating rectangles

image\BULLET.gif Adding curved corners to rectangles

image\BULLET.gif Changing curved corners on a rectangle

image\BULLET.gif Stretching rectangles

image\BULLET.gif Scaling and rotating polygons

image\BULLET.gif Changing the number of sides of a polygon

image\BULLET.gif Adding curved corners to polygons

image\BULLET.gif Changing curved corners on a polygon

image\BULLET.gif Warping the edges of polygons

image\BULLET.gif Warping the edges of rectangles

image\BULLET.gif Changing a polygon into an ellipse

image\BULLET.gif Moving the star points on a star-shaped polygon

image\BULLET.gif Making a polygon star-shaped

Tip

image\BULLET.gif If you want to change a QuickShape so it can be edited as a shape built from straight and curved lines, you need to convert it to simple shapes. See Converting QuickShapes to editable shapes.

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Drawing ellipses and circles

Drawing rectangles and squares

Drawing QuickShapes