Note: You can also establish precise dimensions and locations for
any object in a document by using the Object Specs palette.
To draw by numbers
1
Select a drawing tool. You can enter dimensions with the Oval,
Arc, Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, and Line tools.
2
Click in the document where you want to place an object.
3
A dialog box appears.
When you create ovals, rectangles, and rounded rectangles,
a point on the objects bounding box will be at the point you
clicked in the document. To select the point, click a handle
in the bounding box icon. To center an oval where you
clicked in a document, for example, click the center handle
in the bounding box illustration.
When you create arcs, the center of the arc will be at the
point you clicked in the document.
4
Enter dimensions or other values in the dialog box.
Ovals and rectangles: Enter height and width values. For
rounded rectangles, also enter the corner radius.
Lines: Enter the distance and angle from the point you clicked
to the second point. Or, enter the horizontal (X) and vertical
(Y) distance to the second point.
Arcs: Enter the width and height, the starting point in degrees,
and the angular length of the arc.
5
Click OK to draw the object.
Drawing with EasyShapes
You can draw all kinds of shapes, including arrows, flow chart boxes,
dialog balloons, symbols, and banners, using EasyShapes.
A wide variety of EasyShapes are available from the EasyShapes
toolbar. This toolbar is in the Object Tools toolbar in the toolbox.
Using EasyShapes is as simple as selecting a shape from the
EasyShapes toolbar and dragging in your document. After you draw
EasyShapes, you can type text inside them. You can apply properties
to EasyShapes as you would any vector objects.
Click a handle