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Drawing with the Pencil tool

To draw lines and shapes, you use the Pencil tool, in much the same way that you would use a real pencil to draw. To apply smoothing or straightening to the lines and shapes as you draw, you select a drawing mode for the Pencil tool.

To draw with the Pencil tool:

1 Select the Pencil tool.
2 Select a stroke color, line weight, and style. See Specifying stroke and fill attributes.
3 Choose a drawing mode under Options in the toolbox:
Choose Straighten to draw straight lines and convert approximations of triangles, ovals, circles, rectangles, and squares into these common geometric shapes.
Choose Smooth to draw smooth curved lines.
Choose Ink to draw freehand lines with no modification applied.
Lines drawn with Straighten, Smooth, and Ink mode, respectively
 
4 Drag on the Stage to draw with the Pencil tool. Shift-drag to constrain lines to vertical or horizontal directions.