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Round the corners of a rectangle
Corners turns a rectangle into a rounded rectangle. It is one number, and it is a percentage rather than a measurement, so the corners keep their proportion when you resize the shape.
Steps
- Click Elements in the left rail, then the Shapes tile.
- Under Basic shapes, click the plain rectangle. It lands in the middle of the page.
- With it still selected, find Corners in the Shape group of the toolbar.
- Type a number from 0 to 50, or use the arrows.
| Value | Gives you | |---|---| | 0 | Square corners | | 6 – 12 | A gently softened box — the usual choice for a card or a photo panel | | 50 | The corners meet: a pill if the rectangle is long, a circle if it is square |
What the number means
It is a percentage of the shorter side. On a 4 × 2 inch rectangle, 25 gives a half-inch radius — a quarter of the 2-inch side. Because it is proportional, stretching the shape keeps the corners looking right instead of smearing them into ovals.
> Note > Corners only works on rectangles. Select a star, a heart or any other shape and the > field greys out. If you want a rounded version of another shape, use the shapes panel — many > already have a rounded sibling — or use a photo frame, which has Rounded, Pill and > Circle built in. See Photo frames and borders.
Rounding a photo instead
Corners are a shape control. To round a photograph, select it and choose Rounded from the Frame list in the Photo group of the toolbar.