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Author How do I draw a clear ellipse
Terry

2007-04-24, 10:18 pm

I would like to put a ellipse around some text for a screen shot.

When I use the ellipse tool it causes the middle of the shape to
change to white.

How can I draw just the edge of the shape?

Thanks

Fred Hiltz

2007-04-24, 10:18 pm

Terry wrote:
> I would like to put a ellipse around some text for a screen
> shot. When I use the ellipse tool it causes the middle of the
> shape to change to white. How can I draw just the edge of the
> shape?

Fetch the Preset Shapes tool. Clear the check "Retain style" in its
Tool Options palette. Check "Create as vector" and set the width of
the line. For more about these, see Help > Contents > Drawing and
Editing Vector Objects > Drawing Circles and Ellipses.

In the Materials palette, set the Foreground and Stroke Properties
box to the color of the line and set the Background and Fill
Properties box to Transparent (the international null symbol). For
more about these, see Help > Contents > Working with Colors and
Materials > Using the Materials Palette.
--
Fred Hiltz, fhiltz at yahoo dot com

Greg Farr

2007-04-25, 3:17 am

On 24 Apr 2007 18:00:33 -0700, Terry <kilowatt@charter.net> wrote:

>I would like to put a ellipse around some text for a screen shot.
>
>When I use the ellipse tool it causes the middle of the shape to
>change to white.
>
>How can I draw just the edge of the shape?
>
>Thanks



Mute or kill the second color box by the picker.

Greg
http://gregsplace.50megs.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/fugitive1
Terry

2007-04-26, 3:24 am

On Apr 24, 8:16 pm, "Fred Hiltz" <n...@home.ca> wrote:
> Terry wrote:
>
> Fetch the Preset Shapes tool. Clear the check "Retain style" in its
> Tool Options palette. Check "Create as vector" and set the width of
> the line. For more about these, see Help > Contents > Drawing and
> Editing Vector Objects > Drawing Circles and Ellipses.
>
> In the Materials palette, set the Foreground and Stroke Properties
> box to the color of the line and set the Background and Fill
> Properties box to Transparent (the international null symbol). For
> more about these, see Help > Contents > Working with Colors and
> Materials > Using the Materials Palette.


I will give it a try.

Thanks

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