Word 2011 For Mac Draw Straight Lines Freeform Tool

The simplestpath you can draw with the Pen tool is a straight line, made by clickingthe Pen tool to create two anchor points. By continuing to click,you create a path made of straight line segments connected by cornerpoints.

Feature has been crippled by the inability to draw straight lines (lines at a 0 or 90 degree angle) by holding shift while clicking to create new points. Please restore the ability to hold shift to draw lines with freeform that. May 14, 2018  Draw a line in your document. Click and drag to draw, then release the mouse button to cement the shape. You can click and drag the line around after it's cemented. To delete a line, click it to select it and then press the Delete key.

Position the Pen tool where you want the straight segmentto begin, and click to define the first anchor point (do not drag).
Notes:
• The first segment you draw will not be visible until you click a second anchor point.
• If direction lines appear, you’ve accidentally dragged the Pen tool; choose Edit > Undo, and click again.
Click again where you want the segment to end (Shift-click to constrain the angle of the segment to a multiple of 45°).
Continue clicking to set anchor points for additional straight segments.
The last anchor point you add always appears as a solid square, indicating that it is selected. Previously defined anchor points become hollow, and deselected, as you add more anchor points.
• To close the path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) anchor point. A small circle appears next to the Pen tool pointer when it is positioned correctly. Click or drag to close the path.
• To leave the path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (macOS) anywhere away from all objects.
• To leave the path open, you can also select a different tool, or choose Select > Deselect. You can also simply press Enter or Return to leave the path open.

You create a curve by adding an anchor pointwhere a curve changes direction, and dragging the direction linesthat shape the curve. The length and slope of the direction linesdetermine the shape of the curve.

Curves are easier to editand your system can display and print them faster if you draw themusing as few anchor points as possible. Using too many points can alsointroduce unwanted bumps in a curve. Instead, draw widely spacedanchor points, and practice shaping curves by adjusting the lengthand angles of the direction lines.

Position the Pen tool where you want the curve to begin, and hold down the mouse button. The first anchor point appears, and the Pen tool pointer changes to an arrowhead.

Drag to set the slope of the curve segment you’re creating,and then release the mouse button.

In general, extend the direction line about one third of the distance to the next anchor point you plan to draw. (You can adjust one or both sides of the direction line later.)

Hold down the Shift key to constrain the tool to multiples of 45°.


A. Positioning Pen tool B. Startingto drag (mouse button pressed) C. Draggingto extend direction lines

Position the Pen tool where you want the curve segmentto end, and do one of the following:

• To create a C‑shaped curve, drag in a direction opposite to the previous direction line. Then release the mouse button.




• To create an S‑shaped curve, drag in the same direction as the previous direction line. Then release the mouse button.




Note:

Press Command/ Ctrl while dragging the handles of a smooth point, to make them inequal in length when you're drawing a curve.


A. Opposite handles are equal and paired B. Cmd/Ctrl pressed, opposite handles are unequal and paired

Continue dragging the Pen tool from different locationsto create a series of smooth curves. Note that you are placing anchorpoints at the beginning and end of each curve, not at the tip ofthe curve.

Note:

Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (macOS) direction lines to break out the direction lines of an anchor point.

• To close the path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) anchor point. A small circle appears next to the Pen tool pointer when it is positioned correctly. Click or drag to close the path.
• To leave the path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (macOS) anywhere away from all objects.
• To leave the path open, you can also select a different tool, or choose Select > Deselect.

Note:

You can make finer adjustments to the closing curve:

• Press the spacebar while closing a path to reposition the closing anchor point.
  
• Press Option/ Alt, and break the pairing of handles of the closing anchor point.


A. Reposition the closing anchor point B. Break the paired handles to adjust the closing anchor point

After you click to create an anchor point, keep the mouse button pressed down, hold down the spacebar, and drag to reposition the anchor point.

• To close a path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) anchor point. A small circle appears next to the Pen tool pointer when it is positioned correctly. Click or drag to close the path.
• To leave a path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (macOS) anywhere away from all objects.

To leave the path open, you can also select a different tool, or choose Select > Deselect.

Using the Pen tool, click corner pointsin two locations to create a straight segment.
Position the Pen tool over the selected endpoint. In Illustrator, a convert-point icon appears next to the Pen tool when it is positioned correctly. To set the slope of the curved segment you’ll create next, click the anchor point, and drag the direction line that appears.
Drawing a straight segment followed by a curved segment (part1)

A. Straight segment completed B. PositioningPen tool over endpoint C. Dragging direction point
Position the pen where you want the next anchor point;then click (and drag, if desired) the new anchor point to completethe curve.
Drawing a straight segment followed by a curved segment (part2)

A. Positioning Pen tool B. Draggingdirection line C. New curve segment completed

Using the Pen tool, drag to createthe first smooth point of the curved segment, and release the mousebutton.
Reposition the Pen tool where you want the curved segmentto end, drag to complete the curve, and release the mouse button.
Drawing a curved segment followed by a straight segment (part1)

A. First smooth point of curved segment completed andPen tool positioned over endpoint B. Draggingto complete the curve
Positionthe Pen tool over the selected endpoint. A convert-point icon appears nextto the Pen tool when it is positioned correctly. Click the anchorpoint to convert the smooth point to a corner point.
Reposition the Pen tool where you want the straight segmentto end, and click to complete the straight segment.
Drawing a curved segment followed by a straight segment (part2)

A. Positioning Pen tool over existing endpoint B. Clicking endpoint C. Clickingnext corner point

Usingthe Pen tool, drag to create the first smooth point of a curvedsegment.
Reposition the Pen tool and drag to create a curve with a second smooth point; then press and hold Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) and drag the direction line toward its opposing end to set the slope of the next curve. Release the key and the mouse button.
This process converts the smooth point to a corner pointby splitting the direction lines.
Reposition the Pen tool where you want the second curvedsegment to end, and drag a new smooth point to complete the secondcurved segment.

The Curvature tool simplifies path creation and makes drawing easy and intuitive. This tool enables you to create, toggle, edit, add, or remove smooth or corner points. You don't have to switch between different tools to work quickly and precisely with paths.

Drop two points on the artboard, and then view the rubber band preview display the shape of the resulting path depending on where you hover your mouse.

Note: Rubber-banding is turned on by default in the tool. To turn it off, use preference setting: Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display > Enable Rubber Band.

Use the mouse to drop a point or tap to create a smooth point. To create a corner point, double-click or press the Alt key while clicking or tapping.

A. By default, smooth points are created for curves B. To create a corner point, double-click or press the Alt key while dropping a point

You can perform several actions:

• Option (macOS) / Alt (Windows) + click to continue adding points to an existing path or shape.
• Double-click or double-tap a point to toggle the point between smooth or corner points.
• Click a point or tap it and then drag the point to move it.
• Click or tap a point and press Delete to delete the point. The curve is maintained.
• Press the Esc key to stop drawing.
  

The Pen tool and the Curvature tool display a preview of the path that will be drawn from the previous anchor point to the current position of the pointer.

Using the Pen tool or the Curvature tool, click once on the artboard to draw a smooth point, and drag the mouse to create the handles as required.

Note: When you draw a smooth point, the opposite handles are always equal and paired. Press Command / Ctrl while dragging the handles of a smooth point, to create handles that are unequal in length (pairing remains intact).

Release the mouse button. When you move the mouse pointer across the artboard, a path is displayed indicating what will be drawn if you choose to drop an anchor point at the location of the mouse pointer.

A. First anchor point and its handles B. Rubber Band preview of the path between the first anchor point and the mouse pointer

When the preview displayed is the path that you wanted to draw, click the location, and Illustrator draws the path as previewed.

Note:

When the preview is on, pressing Esc stops showing the preview and ends the path. This is the same action as hitting the keyboard shortcut P while working with the Pen tool (with the preview feature off).

Select or clear the desired option(s):

• Enable Rubber Band for Pen Tool
  
• Enable Rubber Band for Curvature Tool
  

The Pencil tool lets you draw open and closed paths as if you were drawing with a pencil on paper. It is most useful for fast sketching or creating a hand-drawn look. Once you draw a path, you can immediately change it if needed.

Anchor points are set down as you draw with the Pencil tool; you do not determine where they are positioned. However, you can adjust them once the path is complete. The number of anchor points set down is determined by the length and complexity of the path and by tolerance settings in the Pencil Tool Preferences dialog box. These settings control how sensitive the Pencil tool is to the movement of your mouse or graphics-tablet stylus.

Click and hold the Shaper tool (). Select the Pencil tool .

Position the tool where you want the path to begin, and drag to draw a path. The Pencil tool () displays a small x to indicate drawing a freeform path.

As you drag, a dotted line follows the pointer. Anchorpoints appear at both ends of the path and at various points alongit. The path takes on the current stroke and fill attributes, andremains selected by default.

You can use the pencil tool to draw constrained or unconstrained straight segments.

• Constrained straight segments: Hold the Shift key, and then use the Pencil tool to draw straight segments constrained to 0, 45 or 90 degrees. While drawing a straight segment, the straight-segment cursor () is displayed.

• Unconstrained straight segments: Hold the Option/ Alt key to draw unconstrained straight segments. However, to draw a polyline path:
  1. Draw a line segment.
  2. Do one of the following:
  • Keeping the Shift or Option/ Alt key pressed, place the cursor at the endpoint of the line. When the path-continuation cursor () is displayed, click the mouse button and draw another line.
  • Keeping the mouse button pressed, release and press the Shift or Option/ Alt key, and draw the next segment.

Position the tool where you want the path to begin, and start dragging to draw a path.

After you’ve begun dragging, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS). The Pencil tool displays a small circle () to indicate that you’re creating a closed path.

When the path is the size and shape you want, release the mouse button (but not the Alt or Option key). After the path closes, release the Alt or Option key.

You don’t have to position the cursor over the startingpoint of the path in order to create a closed path; if you releasethe mouse button in some other location, the Pencil tool will closethe shape by creating the shortest possible line back to the originalpoint.

You can edit any path using the Pencil tooland add freeform lines and shapes to any shape.

Position the pencil tip on an endpoint of the path.

You can tell you’re close enough to the endpoint when thesmall x next to the pencil tip disappears.

Select both paths (Shift-click or drag around the two with the Selection tool).

Position the pointer where you want to begin from one path, and start dragging toward the other path. The Pencil tool displays a small merge symbol () to indicate you’re adding to the existing path.

Drag onto the endpoint of the other path and release the mouse button.

Note:

For best results, drag from one path to the other as if you were simply continuing the paths in the direction they were created.

Position the Pencil tool on or near the path to redraw.

You can tell you’re close enough to the path when the smallx disappears from the tool.

Drag the tool until the path is the desired shape.




Note:

Depending on where you begin to redraw the path and in which direction you drag, you may get unexpected results. For example, you may unintentionally change a closed path to an open path, change an open path to a closed path, or lose a portion of a shape.

Double-click the Pencil tool () to set any of the following options:

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Controls how far you have to move your mouse or stylus before a new anchor point is added to the path. The Fidelity slider has five presets you can choose from. The leftmost slider preset (Accurate) is most accurate for drawing paths. The rightmost slider preset (Smooth) creates the smoothest paths. Choose a preset that suits your drawing needs best.

Applies a fill to pencil strokes you draw after selecting this option, but not to existing pencil strokes. Remember to select a fill before you draw the pencil strokes.

With this checkbox enabled, while using the Pencil tool or the Brush tool, you can press Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) to switch to the Smooth tool.

When the endpoints of a path you are drawing are in close proximity and within a certain predefined number of pixels of each other, the path-close cursor () is shown. When you release the mouse button, such a path is closed automatically.You can set the predefined number of pixels using this option.

Determines whether or not you can change or merge a selectedpath when you are within a certain distance of it (specified withthe next option).

Determines how close your mouse or stylus must be to an existingpath in order to edit the path with the Pencil tool. This optionis only available when the Edit Selected Paths option is selected.

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