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4.9. Formatting Shapes

You can format shapes in your EDraw drawing by changing any or all of their

attributes, such as line weight and pattern, fill colour and pattern, and text formatting.
For example, you might use fill colour to make a drawing for a slide presentation more

effective, or you might use line patterns to represent specific types of connections Modular Designing
between shapes.

Open Shape Formatting

A shape such as a line, arc, or zigzag. You can format an open shape with line patterns
and ends, such as by changing a solid line to a dashed line and adding an arrow to

one end. You can add line ends to open shapes, such as arcs or zigzag lines, but not to
closed shapes.

You can format lines by clicking Line button on Home tab or the Right Side Format

toolbar to select the options you want or use Line Colour onset lines’ colour and fills.

The lines and arcs can be formatted in the following ways.

1. Add colour.

2. Add a fill mode.
3. Change the line weight.

4. Change the line cap.
5. Add or remove line ends to turn any line or other open shape into an arrow.

6. Add a shadow.
7. Change the transparency of the line or of its shadow.

8. Format the shape’s text.

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