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You can also draw segments and sectors of circles and ellipses.</paragraph> 54<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151075" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">To draw a sector of a circle or an ellipse:</paragraph> 55<list type="ordered"> 56<listitem> 57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155335" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Open the <emph>Ellipses</emph> toolbar and click one of the <emph>Circle Pie</emph> or <emph>Ellipse Pie</emph> icons 58<image id="img_id3155768" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_circlepie_unfilled.png" width="5.64mm" height="5.64mm"><alt id="alt_id3155768" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 59 </image>. The mouse pointer changes to a cross hair with a small icon of a sector.</paragraph> 60</listitem> 61<listitem> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150199" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">Position the pointer at the edge of the circle you want to draw and drag to create the circle.</paragraph> 63<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3148868" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">To create a circle by dragging from the center, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> while dragging.</paragraph> 64</listitem> 65<listitem> 66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145361" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Release the mouse button when the circle has reached the size you want. A line corresponding to the circle radius appears in the circle.</paragraph> 67</listitem> 68<listitem> 69<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149872" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Position the pointer where you want to place the first boundary of the sector and click.</paragraph> 70<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3157871" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">As the radius line that follows the pointer is constrained to the circle boundaries, you can click anywhere in the document.</paragraph> 71</listitem> 72<listitem> 73<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146874" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">Position the pointer where you want to place the second boundary of the sector and click. The completed sector is displayed.</paragraph> 74</listitem> 75</list> 76<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148581" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">To draw a segment of a circle or ellipse, follow the steps for creating a sector based on a circle.</paragraph> 77<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">To draw an arc based on an ellipse, choose one of the arc icons and follow the same steps for creating a sector based on a circle.</paragraph> 78<section id="relatedtopics"> 79<embed href="text/simpress/guide/line_draw.xhp#line_draw"/> 80</section> 81</body> 82</helpdocument> 83
