Perfect shapes doesn’t work in Books app on iPad

After updating to 17.4 on my ipad pro 3rd generation I can no long do perfect shapes in the Books app. Can someone help?

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Posted on Feb 2, 2024 7:45 AM

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2 replies

WynnHung

Level 1

14 points

Mar 17, 2024 5:58 PM in response to GDaddy6

Mine doesn't work either. What's wrong with it?

edo2003

Level 1

12 points

Apr 11, 2024 3:22 AM in response to GDaddy6

After the last update to iPadOS 17.4,1 (I don’t know what version I was previously using) This feature is no longer available and it is a huge problem for me since I had been using it daily to study… I don’t understand why apple would remove such feature… Yes I can use the ruler for the straight highlighting and lines, but this doesn’t make any sense because it still works perfectly on other native apps such as freeform for example.

Perfect shapes doesn’t work in Books app on iPad

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