Until now, you’ve used only frames prepared for you for this lesson. Now it’s time to create a frame on your own, using the Drawing tools in the toolbox.
- In the toolbox, hold down the mouse on the Rectangle tool until you see other options, and select the Polygon tool.
- Double-click the Polygon tool to open the Polygon Settings dialog box, and specify the following: For Number of Sides, type 4. Type 20% for Star Inset and then click OK.
- Hold down the Shift key and drag to draw a four-pointed star that is 12p x 12p. Use the H and W values in either the Control or Transform palette as a reference as you draw the star. If you have difficulty getting the values exactly at 12 picas, leave the star selected, type the values in the W and H boxes of the Control or Transform palette, and press Enter or Return.
- Press V to switch to the Selection tool and then drag the new star into position in the purple background on page 5, so that it is slightly off center and entirely within the purple background image. Leave the star selected.
- Make sure that the Fill box is selected in the toolbox.
- Click the Swatches palette tab (or choose Window > Swatches) and select the color named C=0, M=28, Y=100, K=0 to fill the star with a mustard yellow color.
- In the toolbox, select the Stroke box and then click the Apply None button to remove the black stroke color.