Drawing basic rounded rectangles

You can draw rectangles with rounded corners by using the Rounded Rectangle tool, or by using the Roundness option in the Property inspector to adjust the roundness of the corners of a selected rectangle. The Rounded Rectangle tool draws rectangles as grouped objects. To move rounded rectangle points independently, you must ungroup the rectangle or use the Subselection tool.

To draw a rectangle with rounded corners:

1. From the Rectangle tool pop-up menu, select the Rounded Rectangle tool.
2. Drag the canvas to draw the rectangle.

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   You can adjust the roundness of the corners as you draw by pressing any of the arrow keys or the 1 or 2 number keys repeatedly.

To round the corners of a selected rectangle:

• In the Property inspector, enter a value from 0 to 100 in the Roundness box and press Enter, or drag the pop-up slider.

  NOTE

  If the Property inspector is at half height, click the expander arrow in the lower right corner to expand it to full height.