Outline

You can define the color, thickness, and outline type for the shape.

To set the outline color of a shape, follow the steps below:

1.Single-click to select a shape or double-click to select a shape to enter its editing mode.

2.On the Toolbar, select the Shape section and click the arrow to the right of the  Outline button.

3.Select the desired color in one of the following blocks:

•Theme Colors: This block contains the color palette of the current document's theme.

•Standard Colors: This block contains the colors that users most often choose when formatting a document.

•Recent Colors: This block contains up to the last ten colors that you selected when formatting the document earlier. The block is displayed if you have selected at least one color.

4.If there is no matching color in the blocks listed above, you can define it manually. To do this, click More Colors button. In the Select Color window that appears, specify the desired color as a HEX code or in RGB format and click OK.

The selected color will be checked and the outline of the shape will be filled with that color.

To specify the thickness and type of a line for a shape outline, follow the steps below:

1.Single-click to select a shape or double-click to select a shape to enter its editing mode.

2.On the Toolbar, select the Shape section and click the arrow to the right of the  Outline button.

3.In the Line Weight box, select the desired outline thickness manually or using the buttons.

4.Select the outline line type from the preset values.

To quickly apply the previous shape's outline settings to a shape, follow these steps:

1.Single-click to select a shape or double-click to select a shape to enter its editing mode.

2.On the Toolbar, in the Shape section, click  Outline.

To delete the outline of a shape, follow the steps below:

1.Single-click to select a shape or double-click to select a shape to enter its editing mode.

2.On the Toolbar, select the Shape section and click the arrow to the right of the  Outline button.

3.In the window that appears, click No Outline.