Cannot use drawing tools

I started a series of graphs starting from Presentation mode, using text and drawing tools from the Toolbox at left side, and finished three successfully. But on the fourth one, I suddenly cannot use the drawing tools. When I try to draw a circle, I can see it being drawn but when I release the mouse a different black square shape appears and when I click again it disappears. The same happens for drawing lines, just two black squares appear and then disappear when I click on the graph. I cannot find any Layout menu. However, one of my earlier templates for these graphs is OK for drawing, but I would rather use the present modified one. By the way, the modifications have not caused this change, it worked three times with them.

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