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Asked by Green Cat

Hello, friends!

I'm next to dummy in computer graphics, so there're a lot of naive and even silly questions. My purpose is to create my own icons. It demands high-quality original graphic files. Until now I used the in-buit MS Word drawing application. Among others, it has the ready-made set of standard figures to use and modify; namely, various arrows.

However, Inkspace has no arrows among its tools. What shall I do to create an arrow as quick as I did it in the Word drawing application?

With best wishes,
Green Cat (St. Petersburg, Russia)

P. S. It is rather easy to draw in the Word, but my icon made from such originals (converted into jpg format) had notchy contours instead smooth ones. So I was recommended to use a more advanced graphic editor for making original files.

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iunity (iunity) said : 		#1

You must draw a line, and go to the menu where you chose the color of the object. Click on "Stroke style" and change the value of "Start markers" or "End markers".

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Green Cat (satis-435) said : 		#2

But I need not an INDICATIVE ARROW; what I need is a figure that has an arrow shape (in fact, two arrows opposed each other diametrically). To better undestand what I need, you could open your Word drawing application and find there Standard Figures (or Autofigures) in the bottom submenu.

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iunity (iunity) said : 		#3

I don't know how to do this.

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ani (njani) said : 		#4

did you try following iunity's suggestion (i.e., end markers) and then adding a start marker?

you can also create the specific shape you are looking for---pointing in one direction---and then, to achieve bidirectionality...
1) duplicate your created shape
2) flip (or rotate 180-degrees) the duplicated shape
3) position the two shapes relative to one another however you'd like
4) group the two shapes
5) save the shapes with a file name that means something to you (e.g., word-like arrows)
6) call up the saved shape file whenever you need it no differently than if you were to click on a pre-existing arrow shape in Word

this might sound like more work on the front-end, but, overall, it will not take any more time/effort than already spent trying to locate the arrow tool you are looking for... you know what i mean? perhaps more importantly, you can rework the shape/arrow to meet your personal goals.

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Best Alexandre Prokoudine (alexandre-prokoudine) said : 		#5

If your question was answered, please consider closing it. Otherwise please let us know what still requires an answer.

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Green Cat (satis-435) said : 		#6

Thanks Alexandre Prokoudine, that solved my question.