# Editing Shapes

You can manipulate and reshape the points and contours of a shape, caption or panel you've already placed on a page. Before you can edit shapes in this way, you need to make it editable.

Here are ways to make element shapes editable:
- To make a predrawn shape, caption or panel editable, select the element and then choose Format->Shape->Make Editable.

  Red points appear on the shape. Drag the points to edit the shape. Later, to edit an element whose shape has been made editable, click it twice slowly.

- To make a custom shape editable, click once in the element to select it, and then click a second time to show its editing points.

TO LEARN HOW TO | GO TO
Change a shape's contour by manipulating its points | Adding, Deleting, and Moving the Editing Points on a Shape
Expand or contract a curve or change its angle | Reshaping a Curve
Change the angle between two segments or change the length of a segment | Reshaping a Straight Segment
Change one or more points into curves or curves into points | Transforming Corner Points into Curved Points and Vice Versa
Change the characteristics of pre-defined shapes | Modifying Pre-defined Shapes
Manipulate color, border style, and other aspects of a shape | About Manipulating, Arranging, and Changing the Look of Elements