Creating Bézier lines

The Bézier Pen tool QuarkXpress tool bezier Creating Bézier lines lets you draw multisided Bézier boxes and lines that can have straight and curved line segments (see “Understanding Bézier shapes“).

To draw a Bézier line:

  1. Select the Bézier Pen tool QuarkXpress tool bezier Creating Bézier lines from the Tools palette. Move the Crosshair pointer QuarkXpress pointer crosshair Creating Bézier lines to any position on the page and click to establish the first point.
  2. Move the pointer to where you want the next point positioned. To constrain pointer movement to a 45-degree angle relative to the page, press Shift.
  3. Click to create a point and line segments.
    • To make a curved line segment, click and drag wherever you want the next point positioned. A point with two curve handles displays. You can control the curve’s size and shape by dragging a curve handle.
    • To make a corner point, press Option/Alt before you click. If you click and hold, you can control the radius of the corner point by dragging a curve handle.
    • To add a point to an existing segment of the shape, click the line segment where you want the point to be.
    • To delete a point from the active shape while you are drawing it, click the point.
  4. To finish the line, double-click.
    Note: When any of the drawing tools are active, you can press Command/Ctrl to temporarily switch to the Select Point tool. When the Select Point tool is active, you can press Command+Option/Ctrl+Alt to temporarily switch to the Item tool.
Parent topic: Creating lines

Creating Bézier lines