Polygon Objects

Use the Polygon tool to draw polygons and polylines. Polygons can be moved, resized, reshaped, brought to the front and so on, and their properties edited just like other types of object.

1. Click the Polygon tool.

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2. Move the cursor to where you want the polygon to start and click and hold the mouse button.
3. At the end of the first line segment, release the mouse button.
4. Move the cursor to each point on the polygon in turn, and click the mouse button (clicking and dragging is not necessary after the first segment).

5. To draw horizontally or vertically only, hold the Ctrl key down when you are drawing the polygon.

5. To complete the polygon, double-click the mouse button.

6. When you complete the polygon, the object properties dialog is displayed.

1. Click the Polygon tool.
2. Move the cursor to where you want the polyline to start and click and hold the mouse button.
3. At the end of the first line segment, release the mouse button.
4. Move the cursor to each point on the polyline in turn and click the mouse button (clicking and dragging is not necessary after the first segment).

5. To draw horizontally or vertically only, hold the Ctrl key down when you are drawing the polyline.

5. To complete the polyline, double-click the mouse button.

6. When you release the mouse button, the object properties dialog for the circle is displayed.

   Initially, the object will actually be a polygon. To change it to a polyline, in the object's properties dialog define it as [Object type] Open.

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