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Constraining Graphic Operations

Pressing Shift while drawing, stretching, or moving elements can greatly facilitate the process of creating professional-looking charts.

Copying, moving, and one-dimensional drawing and stretching operations become constrained to a horizontal or vertical direction only. For example, to draw perfectly horizontal lines, hold down Shift.

Two-dimensional drawing and stretching operations become constrained to a diagonal direction only. For example, to draw a perfectly square box or to stretch an box without changing its shape, hold down Shift.