Lines

You can use Publisher to draw lines in your documents. Drawing lines directly in Publisher can be especially useful for basic charts and graphs or as design elements.

The most common questions asked about lines are:

How do I change the line style?

How do I move my lines?

How do I draw freehand lines?

If you close up a line you have drawn directly into Publisher, the shape you create acts in exactly the same way as a shape you have drawn and can be used as a frame to insert objects into.

Drawing straight lines is simple. All you need to do is select the Line tool and click where you want the points on the path to be.

Use curved lines to create design effects in your documents or to create your own uniquely shaped frames. Simply select the Curve tool and click on the page where you want the curve points to be.

When you’ve finished drawing your straight or curved line do any one of the following:

Press Escape

Press the Spacebar

Double-click the mouse button.

Freehand lines give you complete control over the shape you create. It’s just like using a pencil. Select the Pencil tool and hold down the mouse button as you drag the pointer over the page.

When you release the mouse pointer, the line is finished.

If you make the last point on your line close to the first point, the two points will be joined to make a solid shape.

You can edit your line to make it exactly what you want. You can change the colour and effect of the line style and fill style to make it compatible with the other colours used in your documents. Your line can also be resized, moved or rotated to create whatever effect you need.

What do you want to know more about?

Moving shapes and lines

Rotating shapes and lines

Changing the line style of shapes and lines

Changing the fill style of shapes

Cutting, copying and pasting shapes and lines

If you want to put anything into a frame or manipulate it in some way you need to select it first. You can select one frame at a time or select more than one if you want to give them the same effect.

What do you want to know more about?

Drawing a frame

Selecting a frame

Selecting more than one frame

Selecting all the frames on the page