- Click Drawing Tools
on the Standard toolbar to display the Drawing toolbar. - Click one of the following tools:
- Pencil tool
- Line tool
- Arc tool
- Freeform tool
- To draw the first segment, point to where you want to start the shape, and then drag until the segment is the size you want.
- To draw the second segment, point to the endpoint (endpoint: Either of the square handles that appear at the beginning or end of a selected line, arc, or other one-dimensional (1-D) shape.)
of the first segment (the pointer will look like a plus sign), and then drag. After you draw the second segment, the shape displays vertices (vertex, vertices: One of the diamond-shaped handles that appears between two segments on a multiple-segment shape, or at the end of a segment. You can reshape a shape or connector by dragging its vertices.) 
instead of endpoints 
.
- To draw additional segments, point to the vertex at the end of the last segment you added, and then drag to draw the next segment.
- To close the shape, drag the endpoint of the last segment you create over the vertex at the beginning of the first segment.
The shape becomes opaque, indicating it’s a closed shape (closed shape: A shape that is surrounded by a continuous outline, such as a rectangle or circle. You can fill a closed shape with a color or a pattern.).
Tips
- To undo a segment, on the Edit menu, click Undo Add Segment. Segments are deleted in the reverse order in which they were drawn.
- If an existing segment resizes when you try to draw a new segment, you have accidentally selected the vertex of the resized segment. On the Edit menu, click Undo Edit Segment, and then click away from the shape to clear its selection. Point to the vertex and drag to draw the next segment.
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