Operation Manual

184 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes
Closed shapes
As soon as you draw or select a line, you'll see the line's nodes appear. Nodes
show the end points of each segment in the line. Freehand curves typically have
many nodes; straight or curved line segments have only two. You can make a
shape by extending a line back to its starting point.
To turn a selected line into a shape:
• Select the line with the Pointer Tool and then click the Close
Curve button on the Curve context toolbar.
You can go the other way, too—break open a shape in order to add one or more
line segments.