IBM Lotus Symphony
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The Single Line icon on the Drawing bar opens the Lines toolbar, where you can add lines and shapes to the current documents or slides.
If you hold the Shift key down, the movement of the mouse is limited to multiples of 45 degrees. If you hold down the Alt key, the new point will not be connected to the last point. This allows you to create objects that consist of curves that are not connected together. If you draw a smaller object while holding down the Alt key into a larger object that you have not closed yet, the smaller object is subtracted from the larger one, thus appearing as a hole in the larger one.
In Lotus® Symphony™ Presentations slides, closed shapes automatically receive the fill that is displayed in the Area Style/Filling box on toolbar.
Draws a straight line where you drag in the current document. To constrain the line to multiples of 45 degrees, hold down Shift while you drag.
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Straight Line |
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Freeform Line |
Draws a line composed of a series of straight line segments. Drag to draw a line segment, click to define the endpoint of the line segment, and then drag to draw a new line segment. Double-click to finish drawing the line. To create a closed shape, double-click the starting point of the line.
Hold the Shift key while drawing a polygon to position new points at 45 degree angles.
The Edit Points mode enables you to interactively modify the individual points of the polygon.
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Polygon |
Draws a line composed of a series of straight line segments, that are constrained by angles of 45 degree. Drag to draw a line segment, click to define the endpoint of the line segment, and then drag to draw a new line segment. Double-click to finish drawing the line. To create a closed shape, hold down Alt and double-click.
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Line (45) |
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Curve |