If you look at the layers again, you can see that you now have combined the shapes in one compound shape. However, you can still select either of the shapes separately and modify independently of the other. We do not want that, so to fix this go to layers and unfold the Compound Shape, here you click on both the little padlocks next to Ellipse and Rectangle. Now that they are locked, they cannot be modified independently of each other. You might notice that if you try and place the new ellipse on the right or left side of the shape, the middle is no longer in the middle of the rectangle because the full height includes the ellipse as Let’s try and make another ellipse and place it on one of the other sides of the rectangle. If you want the ellipse to be placed in the middle of the rectangle, you should do this before you combine the shapes. To undo compound shapes, you right click on it, under layers, and click on Ungroup Selection. Remember that the ellipse and the rectangle are still locked, so if you want to modify them in any way you must unlock them first. Place the second ellipse so it is halfway over the rectangle, mark both the ellipse and the compound shape and go to the Create Compound Shape again and choose Subtract.
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