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<td>[[Image:pencil.png|50px| ]]</td>
<td>'''Draw (Pencil)'''</td>
<td>This tool is to draw free-hand - it looks like a pencil drawing. There are no additional pencil heads to select, just a thin line. '''To draw with the pencil, simply click and drag the mouse pointer on the drawing area'''.</td>
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<td>[[Image:colorpicker.png|50px| ]]</td>
<td>'''Colour Picker'''</td>
<td>Unlike the fill tool, the '''colour picker will allow the user to change the outline colour or line of an object'''.</td>
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<td>[[Image:eraser.png|50px| ]]</td>
<td>'''Eraser'''</td>
<td>'''The eraser tool is used to erase an object or portions of an object'''. This tool will erase an object regardless of its colour. The background colour of the eraser can be set to a colour (other than white) to match different colour backgrounds. There are various erase head sizes, and the user can zoom-in for fine erasing "touch-ups", and then zoom-out.</td>
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<td>[[Image:coloreraser.png|50px| ]]</td>
<td>'''Colour Eraser'''</td>
<td>The Colour Eraser '''works like the eraser mentioned above, except that it only will erase an object or portions of an object of the selected colour'''. This feature could be useful if you want to erase detailed drawings without affecting other coloured areas.</td>
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<td>[[Image:text.png|50px| ]]</td>
<td>'''Text'''</td>
<td>'''This tool will allow the user to add text to a drawing'''. After selecting this tool, the user can point and click onto the drawing areas to open a text editing window (the user can also click and drag to specify the text editing window boundary). While in text editing mode, the user can select the font size and font style (located in the main toolbar). The user can edit text edit mode by pressing ENTER or clicking the mouse pointer outside the textbox. While in text edit mode is still active, the user can click and drag and move the textbox.</td>
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<td>[[Image:rectangle.png|50px| ]]</td>
<td>'''Rectangle'''</td>
<td>This tool will allow the user to draw a square-edged rectangle. After selecting the tool, '''the user can point and click on the drawing area, then drag the mouse to define the ending boundary'''. If the user holds the SHIFT button while dragging the mouse, the object will be a square as opposed to a rectangle.</td>
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<td>[[Image:polygon.png|50px| ]]</td>
<td>'''Polygon'''</td>
<td>This tool will allow a user to draw a multi-sided objects. After selecting this tool, '''the user points and clicks on the drawing area. Then the user continues to click in different areas to build additional sides of the object'''. While building the object, it is closed which means that the last side will join with the beginning of the first side that is created.</td>
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<td>[[Image:ellipse.png|50px| ]]</td>
<td>'''Ellipse'''</td>
<td>This tool will allow the user to draw a ellipse (oval). After selecting the tool, '''the user can point and click on the drawing area, then drag the mouse to define the ending boundary'''. If the user holds the SHIFT button while dragging the mouse, the object will be a circle as opposed to an ellipse.</td>
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<td>[[Image:connectedline.png|50px| ]]</td>
<td>'''Connected Line'''</td>
<td>This tool will allow a user to draw a a series of connected lines. '''After selecting this tool, the user points and clicks on the drawing area. Then the user continues to click in different areas to build additional lines of the object'''. Unlike the polygon tool, the end point does not necessarily join the beginning of the first line created.
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<td>'''Curve'''</td>
<td>This tool allows a user to build a curve. '''After selecting the tool, the user points and clicks in the drawing area. Then the user points and clicks somewhere else in the drawing area to create a line. Then the user can move the mouse somewhere on the line, and drag the mouse to bend the line to create a curve'''.</td>
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