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7. Press Shift, then click at the top-left bleed guide.

Shift-click to create a
vertical line between the
previous point and the
point where you click.

8. Press Shift, then click the top-right bleed guide.
Shift-click to create a
horizontal line between
the previous point and
the point where you click.

9. Move the cursor over the open endpoint at the right end of the original line.
When you see a small circle in the cursor icon, click to close the shape.

This icon indicates
that clicking will
close the shape.
You could have created this shape as a regular rectangle and then modified the bottom
line with the Pen tool. However, our goal was to teach you how to create a basic line,
and then how to perform some basic tasks with the Pen tool and its nested variations.

It’s important to realize that there is almost always more than one way to accomplish a
specific goal in InDesign. As you gain experience, you will develop personal preferences
for the most effective and efficient methods of doing what you need to do.

10. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.
Creating Irregular Shapes with the Polygon Tool

The Polygon Frame and Polygon tools can be used to create odd shapes with a defined
INDESIGN FOUNDATIONS Clicking once with either Polygon tool opens the Polygon dialog box, where you can
number of straight edges (including triangles).

define the size of the new object, as well as the number of points on the new shape. To
create a starburst, every other anchor point in the shape needs to be closer to the object’s
center; the Star Inset field determines how much closer those
inside points will be to the center (an inset of 0% creates all
Polygon Frame tool
points at the same distance from the object’s center).
Polygon tool
If you simply click and drag with the Polygon tool, you create a
new shape with the tool’s default settings.
The object’s bounding box
marks the outermost height
and width of the shape.

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