Use the Line Menu

To format your lines, select the item you wish to style and in the Home tab Shape Style group click the Line button.

You can add color and style to lines, the borders of symbols, and automatic shape connectors.

At the top of the Line Menu are controls for line Thickness, Dashes, and sometimes Arrowheads (only if you select a line, not a symbol). For each of these options, position your cursor over the option and choose a style from the menu, or click Custom for Thickness or Arrowheads.

The rest of the top half of the Line menu contains the colors you've recently used, colors that will go well with the selected theme, and standard colors.

To apply a line color, click on a colored square.

The lower half of the Line menu has some more advanced - but easy to use - options.

To apply a level of Transparency to the line or border color of your items, click one of the buttons in that section of the menu.

If you'd like to choose a color other than those displayed above, click More Fill Colors... to open a dialog box where you can choose any color or enter HSL or RGB values for a color.

Position your cursor over Gradient to choose a gradient, or click More Gradients in the menu that appears to create a custom gradient.

You can also choose a Texture or Hatch by positioning your cursor over these buttons in the menu. SmartDraw has many textures to choose from, such as grass, wood finish, water, stone, paper, and more.