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Click on the Rectangle button and your cursor will
change to a “+”. With this cursor click and drag on your document to draw
a rectangle.
To draw a perfect square, hold down the Shift key on your keyboard while dragging.
Rectangles can have rounded corners; drag the corner radius handles or use the Properties Grid to set rounded corners.
Fill
Color: shows the current fill color applied to the rectangle.
Click on the value field to choose a new Color.
For a Transparent (unfilled) rectangle click on the value field and
select Web | Transparent.
Layer: shows the layer on which the object exists. Click on the value field to move the object to a new layer.
Line Style group: displays a summary of all the current Line Style values applied to the outline of the rectangle. Read-only.
Arrow Style: shows the current arrow type applied to the object. Click on the value field to choose a new Arrow Style for the object.
Color: shows the current color of the rectangle's outline. Click on the value field to choose a new Color for the outline.
Dash Style: shows the current dash style. Click on the value field to choose a new Dash Style for the object.
Line Width: shows the current line width. Click on the value field to enter a new Line Width.
The Geometry collection deals with the size and shape of the rectangle and here you can enter new values for its Height and Width.
Corner Radii: if corner radius values are 0 the rectangle will have sharp, right-angled corners. Set Corner Radii values to create a rounded rectangle.
The Shape Information collection is read-only and displays information about the currently selected object(s).
Rectangle defaults are set in the Document Properties Grid | Drawing Defaults collection - use this to define default values for Arrow Style, Color, Dash Style, Line Width and Fill Color.
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