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You can draw simple squares or circles using Edit->Stroke Selection. It strokes the edge of your current selection. More complex shapes can be drawn using the Path tool or with Filters->Render->Gfig.
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You can get context-sensitive help for most of the GIMP's features by pressing the F1 key at any time. This also works inside the menus.
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You can perform many layer operations by right-clicking on the text label of a layer in the Layers dialog.
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You can press or release the <tt>Shift</tt> and <tt>Ctrl</tt> keys while you are making a selection in order to constrain it to a square or a circle, or to have it centered on its starting point.
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You can save a selection to a channel (Select->Save to Channel) and then modify this channel with any paint tools. Using the buttons in the Channels dialog, you can toggle the visibility of this new channel or convert it to a selection.
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You can use <tt>Alt</tt>-<tt>Tab</tt> to cycle through all layers in an image (if your window manager doesn't trap those keys...).
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You can use the middle mouse button to pan around the image, if it's larger than its display window.
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You can use the paint tools to change the selection. Click on the "Quick Mask" button at the bottom left of an image window. Change your selection by painting in the image and click on the button again to convert it back to a normal selection.
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