- Hold down the Shift key while drawing with the Rectangle Tool to create a square.
- Hold down the Shift key while drawing with the Ellipse Tool to create a circle.
- Hold down the Shift key while drawing with the Polygon Tool to create a shape with all sides the same.
InDesign CS Frame and Shape Tools
From Elisabetta Bruno, About.com Guest
The Shape Tools Flyout
Draw shapes with the Rectangle, Ellipse, and Polygon Tools
Images by E. Bruno & J. Bear
As with the Frame tools, click and hold on the Rectangle Tool to get a flyout menu to access the Ellipse and Polygon tools. These tools are for drawing shapes to fill or outline with colour. You draw them the same way you draw frames.
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- The Frame Tools Flyout
- Placing Images in a Frame
- Selecting and Resizing Graphics
- Resizing Graphics WIth the Control Palette
- Resizing Graphics With the Context Menu
- The Shape Tools Flyout
- Convert Shapes to Frames
Adobe InDesign Basics
The Rest of The Tools, Part 1
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