QuickShapes Overview
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.
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
Drawing rectangles and squares
Changing Ellipses and Circles
Changing an ellipse to a polygon
Changing Rectangles, Squares and Polygons
Changing a rectangle into an ellipse
Adding curved corners to rectangles
Changing curved corners on a rectangle
Changing the number of sides of a polygon
Adding curved corners to polygons
Changing curved corners on a polygon
Warping the edges of rectangles
Changing a polygon into an ellipse
Moving the star points on a star-shaped polygon
Tip
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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