Using the Ellipse Tool

This tool allows you to create circles and ellipses. To use the tool:

Select the Ellipse tool in the Tools toolbar. It's grouped with the Rectangle, Symmetric Shapes, and Preset Shape tools.
In the Materials palette, set your Foreground/Stroke and Background/Fill properties.
In the Tool Options palette's Mode section, choose either Draw Ellipse or Draw Circle .
Set the remaining Tool Options:
Show Nodes: mark this check box to display the objects nodes during creation.
Create on Vector: mark this check box to place the object on the current vector layer. If no vector layer exists, this option will create a new one for the object.
Radius X and Radius Y: When the Show Nodes check box is marked, these options allow you to set the radii for the object. When Show Nodes is off, these settings become active when you choose Edit mode after drawing the object.
Center X and Center Y: When the Show Nodes check box is marked, these options allow you to determine the object center's horizontal (Center X) and vertical (Center Y) position. When Show Nodes is off, these settings become active when you choose Edit mode after drawing the object.

Drag the cursor to draw the ellipse.
In the Tool Options palette, click Apply to complete the creation of the shape and deselect it.
To edit the object (assuming you created it as a vector object), click the Edit button in the Tool Options palette's Mode section, and then click the object. Edit mode allows for a variety of ways to modify the object. Note that you can also choose the Object Selection tool and modify the object in other ways (such as move, rotate, stretch, etc.).

Saving a Preset

Save an often-used set of Tool Options palette settings for subsequent use as follows:

Set the Tool Options to the desired settings.
Click the Presets drop-list, and then click the Save preset button . The Save Preset dialog appears.
In the Preset Name field, enter a name for the preset.
Optionally, you can click the Options button to enter more information about the preset, such as the Author, Copyright, and Description. You can also choose to exclude particular preset properties by clicking the associated button (a red "x" will appear over excluded properties).
Click OK to save the preset and close the Save Preset dialog.

To load a preset, click the Presets drop-list and then click the desired preset from the list.

To reset the Tool Options palette to the default values, click the Presets drop-list and then click the Reset to default button .