+1I want to draw a dotted line around some shapes. It isn't a rectangle, it has more corners. How do I do that?
When I use the line tool, it tries to connect to other shapes that doesn’t work for me: the end should be connected to the start (and have rounded corners). The line tool has the option though to change the route by dragging a capsule on the line. It would be ideal if a box shape had that option with dragging capsules.
Best answer by andrea_z
Hello
You can follow these steps to create a “box” or shape that you can use to insert content or other shapes inside.
You can save this shape you created in a Custom Shape Library so you can easily access this shape in other documents. For more information about creating custom shapes, you can check this Help Center article.
Hopefully this answers your question!
+2Hello
First, you can select the curved line option at the top of your screen.
Then click on the dotted line as shown below to make it a curved dotted line.
After you select these two options, you can drag the line from the Shapes Library and start curving it as you like.
Another option would be to drag a shape first, and then follow the same steps I indicated above. Doing this will help you curve the line easier.
Hopefully this helps. Please, let me know if you have any further questions!
+1Hi Andrea,
thank you for your reply. I haven’t been clear with my question. I need to draw a box around something, but the box isn’t a square as it has more than 4 corners (is that still a box? I suppose not).
My example was with a line, because lines have functionality that I need on a box. I don’t need a line.
Here’s an example of what I try to achieve. But this example is still a line and not a box and the top left corner is not rounded because that’s where the line ends are. Also lines have the behaviour of connecting to other object, and that’s not what I want.
+2Hello
You can follow these steps to create a “box” or shape that you can use to insert content or other shapes inside.
You can save this shape you created in a Custom Shape Library so you can easily access this shape in other documents. For more information about creating custom shapes, you can check this Help Center article.
Hopefully this answers your question!
+2Hello again,
I'm happy to hear that this has been resolved for you. It's my pleasure to help! Please don't hesitate to let me know if there is anything else I can do for you.
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