How to draw brackets and frames

Press S for the Brackets tool, pick bracket, parentheses, box, frame or ellipse above the tools, and drag around what it should enclose.

Steps

  1. Press S, or pick the Brackets tool in the tool bar.

  2. Pick a shape in the options above the tools: bracket, parentheses, box, frame, ellipse, or Lab glassware.

    The Brackets tool with its options: bracket, parentheses, box, frame, ellipse and lab glassware.The Brackets tool with its options: bracket, parentheses, box, frame, ellipse and lab glassware.

  3. Drag around what it should enclose.

A frame is also a slide when you present. See slides.

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Last updated Nov 12, 2026