Changing the stroke shape of lines

The Freehand & Brush Tool and Line Gallery let you change the contour (shape
) of lines
and the outlines of shapes
.

To change the stroke shape using the Freehand & Brush Tool

This is often the easier method as the start of the list shows the most recently used stroke shapes.

1. Select the Freehand & Brush Tool.

2. If necessary click on the line to select it

3. Choose from the Select stroke list.

To change the stroke shape using the Line Gallery

1. Select the line or shape (see Selecting objects).

2. From the Utilities menu, choose Line Gallery.

3. Scroll in the gallery to the Stroke Shapes section.

4. Double click on a shape.

Note:

Applying a stroke shape removes any arrowhead/tail or dash pattern already applied to the line.

Tip

You can also drag-and-drop a stroke shape from the gallery onto any line or shape (selected or unselected).

You can also change the appearance of the line using brush strokes. (For example to create an air brush effect.) See Changing the brush stroke design.

Movie—click below (not working in this version)

Line strokes

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