Apple numbers User Manual

 Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects

 

Repeat step 3 to create additional points as required. Every time you add a new point, 
Numbers connects it with the preceding point using a line with the current stroke and 
with the first point using no stroke, and fills the shape with the default fill color for the 
template you’re using. You can change the fill color later using the Fill settings in the 
Graphic Inspector.

To delete a segment you’ve just created, press Delete. Pressing Delete again removes 
the preceding segment, too.

To stop drawing and close the shape (add a solid line between the last and first points), 
click the first point.

To stop drawing and leave the shape open (no line between the last and first points) so 
that you can work with it more later, press the Esc (Escape) key or double-click the last 
point created. 

To finish and close an open shape, click once in the shape to select it, and then click it a 
second time to show its points. Double-click one of the two points at either end of the 
open segment. The pointer changes to a pen tip.

If you want to add additional points, click other locations as needed. When you’re ready 
to stop drawing and close the shape, click the point at the end of the open segment.

Before you can edit the points of a shape, you need to make the shape editable. 

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To edit individual points of a predrawn shape, select the shape and then choose 
Format > Shape > Make Editable.

Red dots appear on the shape. Drag the points to edit the shape. Later, to edit a 
predrawn shape that has been made editable, click it twice slowly.

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To make a custom shape editable, click once in the shape to select it, and then click a 
second time to show its points.

Here’s the open segment.