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Shapes preferences

The shapes preferences allow you to set the default fill and stroke for creating new shapes. You can also change the appearance of the Bézier handles when drawing or the wing, point, path, outline, and anchor colors.

 

Shape preference
Description
On Draw - Fill with current color
Fills both open and closed shapes with the currently selected color when drawing.
On Draw - Stroke in current color
Outlines both open and closed shapes with the currently selected color when drawing.
On Close - Fill with current color
Fills the shape with the currently selected color when the shape paths are closed.
On Close - Stroke in current color
Outlines the shapes with the currently selected color when the shape paths are closed.
Big handles
Controls the size of the anchor points and the direction of the wing handles to help you grab and drag them easily. If you want big points, enable this option.
Colors - Wing/Bézier/Handle
Sets the color of the wings, Bézier, and handles.
Colors - Outline/Path
Sets the color of the shape outline paths.
Colors - Selected Point/Anchor
Sets the color of the selected anchor points. The unselected anchor points appear "hollow."
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If you set default preferences for the shape outline and fill color by using the Set Default Shape Attributes dialog box, the settings in the Preferences dialog box are ignored.

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