Geometric type shapes, Enter a shape in your document – Nisus Writer Pro User Manual
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Geometric type shapes
Nisus Writer Pro can create a variety of geometrical and quasi geometrical shapes in your
document.
Enter a shape in your document
You create a shape in your document using essentially the same method as explained for entering a
Text or Callout Box or a line or arrow.
Figure 201
The Shapes menu as it appears from the Shapes button on the Shapes palette
1. Choose whatever shape you want from the menu Tools > Insert Shape illustrated in Figure
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a banner appears across the top of your document instructing you to “Click and drag to
draw the new shape.”
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a banner appears across the bottom of your document instructing you to “Press the
escape key (ESC) to cancel.”
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Undoing and redoing are disabled.
2. Click and drag to create the shape wherever you want on the page.
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When you draw a new shape, press
1
to create create a uniform shape with a 1:1 aspect
ratio (for example a perfect circle or square or an equilateral triangle).
3. Resize the shape using the four handles and or the four perimeter lines as needed.