You use the Ellipse tool to draw ellipses,
circles, arcs, and pie-slices. Ellipse objects can be moved,
resized, reshaped, brought to the front and so on, and their
properties edited just like other types of object.
To draw an ellipse:
Click the Ellipse tool.
Move the cursor to a corner of
the bounding rectangle (marquee) and click (and hold) the mouse
button.
Drag the cursor to the opposite
corner of the bounding rectangle and release the mouse button. If
you hold the Shift key before you start
drawing the ellipse, it is drawn from its center outwards.
When you release the mouse button, the
object properties dialog for the ellipse is displayed.
To draw a circle:
Click the Ellipse tool.
Click (and hold) the Ctrl key.
Move the cursor to a corner of
the bounding rectangle (marquee) and click (and hold) the mouse
button.
Drag the cursor to the opposite
corner of the bounding rectangle and release the mouse button. If
you hold the Shift key and the Ctrl key before you start drawing the circle, it is
drawn from its center outwards.
When you release the mouse button, the
object properties dialog for the circle is displayed.
