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How to Add Shapes and Lines to Your Whiteboard
How to Add Shapes and Lines to Your Whiteboard

Learn how to add and customize any shapes or lines that you add to the whiteboard!

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Written by Marissa Agno
Updated over a week ago

1. Creating A Shape In Your Space

The Shape and Line tools are located to the right of the Text tool on your whiteboard toolbar. To use either one of these tools, click on the shapes or lines logo and select the object that you want to create.

Then, choose a spot on your Board for the object, and click and drag to create it.

If you want to create a perfectly symmetrical shape or a perfectly straight line, hold "Shift" on your keyboard while you create the shape.

After you create your shape, line, or arrow, you will automatically switch to the Select tool which allows you to move, resize, reshape, change layers, edit, or delete your shape.

2. Changing The Settings Of Your Shapes

Clicking on a shape allows you to customize the color and thickness of the border as well as the color to fill the shape with. Clicking on a line allows you to customize the color and thickness, and allows you to switch between a line and an arrow.

3. Need More Help?

If you want to learn about the other whiteboard tool showcased in the YouTube video above, please refer to the Text Tool Help Article.

If you require further help, please reach out to our team as soon as possible for additional assistance. Either:

  1. Click on the "Messenger" icon at the bottom right corner of this page, and follow the onscreen instructions.

  2. Click the "?" Button at the top right corner of your screen in an active Pencil Space on a computer to start a conversation with our team.

If it's easier, you can also email us directly at [email protected].

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