Shapes

Shapes and lines are essential visual blocks for your Web Page. Actual Drawing allows you to draw rectangles, rounded rectangles, and ellipses, as well as HTML horizontal rules. When you publish a Web Page with shapes, Actual Drawing generates each shape as image file. The shape's file name is defined at the Conversion tab in the Layer's properties.

Adding Rectangles

Create a rectangle when you want to add a rectangular area to your Web Page. You can change the rectangle filling color, bevel, outline, and curve of a rounded rectangle.

To create a Rectangle

• On the Insert menu, click Rectangle or Filled Rectangle.

Rectangle Properties

A rectangle has filling colors, bevel, outline, and the corners curve.

To change rectangle color

• Click the Color button and select a color.

Velveteen fillFountain fillFilling angleTwo-color filling2nd filling colorColor button

To get a two-color filled rectangle

1. Click the two-color filling button.
2. Click the 2nd filling color button and select a color.

Curve of rounded rectangleOutline widthBevel width

1. To get a beveled rectangle
   Type a non-zero value in the Bevel box if you want the rectangle has a bevel.
2. To get an outlined rectangle
   Type a non-zero value to the Outline box if you want the rectangle has an outline.
3. To get a rounded rectangle
   Type a non-zero value to the Round box.

Adding Ellipses

Create an ellipse when you want to add a round shape to your Web Page. You can change the ellipse filling color, bevel and outline.

To create a ellipse
On the Insert menu, click ellipse or Filled ellipse.

Ellipse Properties

An ellipse has filling colors, bevel and outline.

To change ellipse color
Click the Color button and select a color.

To get a two-color filled ellipse

1. Click the two-color filling button.
2. Click the 2nd filling color button and select a color.

Outline widthBevel width

1. To get a beveled ellipse
   Type a non-zero value in the Bevel box if you want the ellipse has a bevel.
2. To get an outlined ellipse
   Type a non-zero value to the Outline box if you want the ellipse has an outline.

Adding Horizontal Rules

Horizontal rules are useful for organizing information. You can visually separate text and objects with one or more rules on your Web Page.

To create a horizontal rule

• On the Insert menu, click Horizontal Rule (Shortcut Keys: CTRL+ALT+H).

Note: Horizontal Rule can be added to the paragraph text only.