Editing Shapes
You can manipulate and reshape the points and contours of a shape you’ve already
placed on a sheet. Before you can edit a shape in this way, you need to make it editable.
Here are ways to make shapes editable:
To make a predrawn shape editable, select the shape and then choose
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Format > Shape > Make Editable.
Red points appear on the shape. Drag the points to edit the shape. Later, to edit a
predrawn shape that has been made editable, click it twice slowly.
To make a custom shape editable, click once in the shape to select it, and then click a
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second time to show its editing points.
To learn how to
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Change a shape’s contour by manipulating
its points
“Adding, Deleting, and Moving the Editing Points
on a Shape” on page 204
Expand or contract a curve or change its angle
“Reshaping a Curve” on page 204
Change the angle between two segments or
change the length of a segment
“Reshaping a Straight Segment” on page 205
To learn how to
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Change one or more points into curves or curves
into points
“Transforming Corner Points into Curved Points
and Vice Versa” on page 206
Change the corners of a rounded rectangle
“Editing a Rounded Rectangle” on page 206
Adjust the relative proportions of an arrow’s head
and tail
“Editing Single and Double Arrows” on page 206
Adjust the corners and other aspects of a quote
bubble or callout
“Editing a Quote Bubble or Callout” on page 207
Increase or decrease the number of points in
a star
“Editing a Star” on page 207
Increase or decrease the number of sides in a
polygon
“Editing a Polygon” on page 208
Manipulate color, border style, and other aspects
of a shape
“Manipulating, Arranging, and Changing the Look
of Objects” on page 212