- Click on the balloon whose tails you want to adjust.
Two handles, one blue and one white with a red outline, will appear on the tail.
- To adjust the tail, do any of the following:
- Adjust the endpoint: Click on the blue handle and drag it to the new position.
The balloon tail grows or shrinks to maintain the connection with the bubble.
- Adjust the curvature: Click on the red handle and drag it to a new position.
The tail curves around the red handle.
- Adjust the kink in the curvature: Click and drag the associated curve control handles beside the red handle.
These control the shape of the curve passing through the red handle.
- Adjust the endpoint: Click on the blue handle and drag it to the new position.
- Click outside the element to finish your edits.
Tip: When positioning balloon tails it is good practice to not have the tail go right up to the character's mouth. Think of the tail as a curved arrow pointing to the source of the words. Let the curvature of the tail indicate the right person.
To re-enable automatic tail curving:
- Open the Format sidebar, and click on the Balloon tab.
- In the Tail section, check the auto-curve box.
Note: This will reset any special curving you might have done for this balloon.