176 Macintosh
User's
Handbook
When the rectangle
is
no longer needed, simply erase it
leaving the finished product. This erasure may be a bit tricky.
Detailed work will appear later in this chapter.
The next shape to be drawn
is
the irregular curved shape.
To
make room for experimentation, erase the ellipses and
select the next symbol.
Moving the cross hairs across the surface leaves a line
following the path. These shapes are arbitrary
and
need not be
closed. Though this procedure may seem
to
perform the same
function as the pencil, this option has some important differ-
ences as
we
will see when discussing border widths. Doodle
on
the screen for a while to get the feel for creating irregular
curved shapes using the cross hairs.
Then
erase the doodling
and
draw the cloud outline.
The last open shape
is
the irregular straight-sided shape
which
is
used to create arbitrarily shaped polygons. Select this
option
and
position the cross hairs. Click and move the mouse.
Notice
that
a line extends from the point
of
the last click to the
cross hairs. Click again
and
notice
that
the anchored point
is
now moved. Create several sides
to
the shape. The sides may
cross one
another
with no ill effect.
To
terminate the figure,
either double-click
at
any position
or
return the cross hairs to
the origin and click. The line will no longer follow the cross
hairs.
Use this feature
to
draw
in the kite on the end
of
the
string. The drawing should now resemble
that
depicted in
figure 6.12.
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