Drawing ellipses and rectangles

You can draw ellipses (or circles) and rectangles in a diagram.

  1. From Gliffy toolbar, click the Ellipse Tool circle icon or Rectangle Tool square/rectangle icon.

  2. Click anywhere on the canvas and draw your shape with a click-drag-release.

  3. To change the shape's formatting, select the shape and then click the properties black square symbol button (see Formatting shapes).

    To select a shape, from the toolbar, click the pointer arrowhead icon.