Arrow (Polyline)

An arrow that goes round things: click where it starts, click each bend, and finish on what it points at. The head is on the last point.

Why you would use it

For pointing at something a straight arrow would cross other work to reach, such as a note in the margin and a detail in the middle of a crowded plan.

For example

What to do

1. Click where the arrow starts.
2. Click each bend.
3. Right-click, double-click or press Enter on the thing it points at.
4. Backspace removes the last point; Escape throws the arrow away.

Going further

Right-click means “that is all of it” while you’re part-way through: the points you have clicked are kept. Escape means “never mind”: nothing is kept. Hold Ctrl (Option on a Mac) to land each point beside the nearest text. Saved in a PDF as a polyline with an arrow on its end.