The Pencil Tool allows single characters or a circular or rectangle area to be drawn on the document.

The Rubber Tool allows single characters or a circular or rectangle area to be erased on the document.

The Bucket Tool allows contiguous or outlines areas to be filled in with a specified character.

Draw with the pencil by dragging the cursor around on the document window with the mouse down.

Erase with the rubber by dragging the cursor around on the document window with the mouse down.

Fill with the bucket by clicking somewhere inside the contiguous area you wish to fill. A contiguous area is an area containing identical adjacent characters.

The Character button on the toolbar controls which character will be used for pencil drawing and bucket filling. Type the desired character to set it. For pencil only, it can be set to Automatic by clicking the button in the toolbar or pressing delete. In this mode, the character used will automatically follow the direction of drawing.

The Shape and Size button on the toolbar controls the shape and size that will be used for pencil drawing and rubber erasing.

Click on a character while holding down the Option key to pick up the draw character from the current document.

Hold down the Command (or ‘Apple’) key while drawing to temporarily toggle between the Pencil and Rubber tools.