Drawing a triangle or polygon

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Drawing a triangle or polygon

Drawing a triangle or polygon

Use the Polygon tool to draw objects such as triangles. A polygon is a series of attached line segments.

To draw a polygon:

1.On the Formatting toolbar, click the Change Draw Tool button btn_changedrawtool, then select Polygon.

2.Click where you want the first segment of the polygon to begin, then click where you want the segment to end.

To constrain the segment to a 45-degree, vertical, or horizontal line, hold down the Shift key when you click.

3.Continue to click where you want each segment to begin and end.

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4.To complete the polygon, do one of the following:

To create a closed polygon, click the starting point.

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To create an open polygon, double-click at the point where you want to complete the shape.

5.To turn the Polygon tool off, click the Draw button btn_draw_polygon on the Formatting toolbar.