Drawing Pie Shapes

1. In the Draw menu or Draw toolbar, click Pie to draw a pie shape.
2. Move the cursor onto the screen where you want to draw a pie shape. A pie shape with default settings will display and move along with the cursor.
3. Click the desired position on the screen to place the pie shape. The upper-left corner of the bounding rectangle of the pie shape will be at the clicked position.
4. Drag one handle of the pie shape at a time to change the pie shape.

The picture on the left shows the handles of a pie shape. The blue handles are for changing the pie shape. The black handles at the two ends of the pie are for changing the size of the pie. Clicking the black handle at the center of the pie applies the radius to the entire pie and can be used to change the radius of the pie. Position the mouse pointer over one of the handles. When the cursor changes to or or or , drag the handle until the pie is the shape and size you want.

1. Double-click the pie shape to bring up the Pie dialog box to modify the settings of the pie shape.

The following table describes each property in the Pie dialog box.

Property		Description
Outline	Outlined	Check this option if you want the pie shape to be outlined.
	Color	Specifies the outline color.
Solid	Solid	Check this option if you want the pie shape to be solid. A solid pie shape is filled with the specified pattern and colors. This field is available when Border is selected.
	Pattern	Specifies the fill pattern.
	FG Color	Specifies the color for the selected state that will be used for painting the black part of the fill pattern.
	BG Color	Specifies the color for the selected state that will be used for painting the white part of the fill pattern.
Profile	Left	The X coordinate of the upper-left corner of the bounding rectangle of the pie shape.
	Top	The Y coordinate of the upper-left corner of the bounding rectangle of the pie shape.
	Width	The width of the bounding rectangle of the pie shape.
	Height	The height of the bounding rectangle of the pie shape.

1. You can click the following icons in the Draw toolbar to modify the properties of the pie shape.

Click Icon	To
	Select a color for the outline.
	Select a color for painting the white part of the fill pattern.
	Select a pattern for the fill pattern.
	Select a color for painting the black part of the fill pattern.