Shape Objects

Shape objectscan be used to either add a Rectangle, Circle, Rounded rectangle or Star.

 Right click on the Text object after placing it on the work area and press Edit. This will take you the the text properties window, additional shapes can also be accessed including Line, Curve, Bézier Curve, Arc, Pie, Triangle, and Polygon shapes.

Properties

Properties settings tab: 🔎︎

• Shape - The type of shape.
• Line - The width and type of the Outline.
• Effect - The effect to apply to the shape.
• Fill / Fill & Outline / Outline - Select if the object should be filled, filled with an outline or if just the outline should be drawn.
• Outline Color - Specify the color of the outline.
• Aspect - If enabled the shape will always have the same width and height.
• Line options.
• Line Setup:🔎︎ 
  • Begin - Select the design of the beginning of the line.
  • End - Select the design of the end of the line.
  • Width - The width of the line, in pixels.
  • Dash length - If zero, then the line will be a whole continuous line. If more than zero then the line will be broken up in smaller “dashes”.
• Polygon options:🔎︎ 
  • Number of points - The number of points used to build the polygon.
  • Angle - The angle of the polygon
• Star options:🔎︎ 
  • Number of points - The number of points used to build the star.
  • Apex radius - The radius of the apex.
  • Angle - The angle of the star.
• Rounded Rectangle options: 🔎︎ 
  • Fill complete - If enabled, the circle will fill the object all the way out to the border.
  • Corner radius - The radius of the rounded rectangle corner.

Shape Effect

Shape effect: 🔎︎ 

• Effect - The type of effect you would like to configure.
• Direction - Change direction of the effect.
• Pattern / Stripes - Some effects support the selection of patterns or stripes.
• Value - The value of some effects can be changed.