Shapes
Shapes is a collection of rectangles, circles, and triangles that you can easily insert in the canvas. They can be used for many purposes, such as serving as background for text or other content. They also work well for decoration purposes, either as they are or combined into whatever pattern or structure you like.
How to do it…
- Go to the Insert menu.
- Choose Symbols & Shapes to open the Shapes category.
- Click on the shape you want.
- Grab it and drag it onto the canvas.
- Drop the shape where you want it.
Simple geometrical shapes are found in the bottom right of this menu, as shown in the following screenshot:
How it works…
Once the shape is placed on the canvas, select it to adjust its placement, size, and angle. Note that by dragging an edge of a selected square shape or triangle shape, you can adjust the proportions of this shape.
There's more…
When you access the Shapes panel, the shapes are shown as blue or white. Once you insert the shape on your canvas, its...
