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Editing lines/shapes with the Freehand & Brush Tool 141
The Straight Line & Arrow tool 142
The Shape Editor tool 143
Extending the line 145
Finishing the line 145
Adding a new point handle 145
Selecting multiple point handles 146
Deleting points 147
Moving point handles—Shape Editor Tool 147
Smoothing a line 148
Constraining the line 149
Changing a straight line to a curve (and vice versa) 149
Changing curves 149
Joining lines 151
Changing the line width (thickness) 151
Line Gallery 152

Shape Handling 155
Shape drawing tools 155
Creating rectangles and squares 155
Creating circles and ellipses 156
Creating polygons and stars 157
Combining shapes 160
SmartShapes 163
Editing SmartShapes 164
Table SmartShape 165
Timeline SmartShapes 168
Chart SmartShapes 169
Header & Footer SmartShapes 170
Pie chart SmartShapes 171
Text Panel SmartShapes 173
Packed Photo Grid 175
Arrow SmartShapes 176
Labeled lines 177
Chevron Bar SmartShape 179
Flowline SmartShapes 179

Color Handling 180
The color line 180
Applying fill & line colors by drag & drop 182
Editing an object’s color 183
Applying a Text or paragraph background color 183
The Color Editor 184
Local colors and Theme colors 186
Theme color schemes 187
Creating your own color schemes 187