Text Shape

Click and drag to create text.

Line Shape

Click and drag to create a line.

Rectangle Shape

Click and drag to create a rectangle.

Ellipse Shape

Click and drag to create an ellipse.

Star Shape

Click and drag to create a star.

Polygon Shape

The polygon shape lets you click points that will be joined with straight lines. Alternatively, you can click-drag-release to position line segments interactively.

Editing stops under the following conditions: clicking the same point twice, clicking close to the start point or clicking a new component in the component pallet

Pencil Shape

The pencil tool lets you click and draw free-hand path segments, automatically smoothing the curve on mouse release.

Group/Ungroup

Allows you to merge the currently selected shapes into a single shape for convenient management. Contained shapes are still accessible, via double-click super-select . Ungroup separates grouped shapes.

Bring to Front/Send to Back

All shapes have an order on the page that determines what is drawn on top when two shapes overlap. These options allow you to alter that order.

Align Row Top/Center/Bottom

Quickly align several shapes in a row, either by their top, center, or bottom border. Useful when shapes are of different heights.

Align Column Left/Center/Right

Same as above, but for columns.

Equally Space Row/Column

Equalizes the distance between shapes horizontally or vertically.

Make Same Size, Width, Height

Make several shapes the same width, height or both.

Combine/Subtract Paths

Takes multiple overlapping shapes (such as a rectangle and an oval) and combines them into a single shape using the combined paths. A powerful tool to construct complex shapes.