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<a name="draw_sector"></a>Drawing Sectors and Segments
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<p id="par_id3147396" class="paragraph">The <span class="emph">Ellipse</span> toolbar contains tools for drawing ellipses and circles. You can also draw segments and sectors of circles and ellipses.</p>
<h3 id="hd_id3151075">To draw a sector of a circle or an ellipse:</h3>
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<p id="par_id3155335" class="paragraph">Open the <span class="emph">Ellipses</span> toolbar and click one of the <span class="emph">Circle Pie</span> or <span class="emph">Ellipse Pie</span> icons
<img src="media/icon-themes/cmd/sc_circlepie_unfilled.svg" class="iconimage" alt="Icon" title="Icon" style="width:21px;height:21px">. The mouse pointer changes to a cross hair with a small icon of a sector.</p>
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<p id="par_id3150199" class="paragraph">Position the pointer at the edge of the circle you want to draw and drag to create the circle.</p>
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<div class="notetext"><p>To create a circle by dragging from the center, press <span id="swlnsysidm32" class="switchinline"><span hidden="true" id="MACidm33" class="MAC">Option</span><span hidden="true" id="defaultidm34">Alt</span></span> while dragging.</p></div>
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<p id="par_id3145361" class="paragraph">Release the mouse button when the circle has reached the size you want. A line corresponding to the circle radius appears in the circle.</p>
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<p id="par_id3149872" class="paragraph">Position the pointer where you want to place the first boundary of the sector and click.</p>
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<div class="notetext"><p>As the radius line that follows the pointer is constrained to the circle boundaries, you can click anywhere in the document.</p></div>
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<p id="par_id3146874" class="paragraph">Position the pointer where you want to place the second boundary of the sector and click. The completed sector is displayed.</p>
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<p id="par_id3148581" class="paragraph">To draw a segment of a circle or ellipse, follow the steps for creating a sector based on a circle.</p>
<p id="par_id3153084" class="paragraph">To draw an arc based on an ellipse, choose one of the arc icons and follow the same steps for creating a sector based on a circle.</p>
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