Line Tool- Other Arrows, Dashed Lines

CS3 PC:
Using the line tool in my tools pallet yields an arrow. Are there other arrow typesbesides the default? I would like a double ended arrow for indicating measurements on a technical drawing.
Also, using the Pencil tool, I'd like to be able to draw in dashed or dotted lines.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
BTW, u8sing the word "line" in the search function yielded zero responses. Not sure how this could be. Must be doing something wrong there too.

Suggest you try Adobe Illustrator, alone, or together with Ps.
In Ai there are similar line ends (arrows etc.) AND easy dashed lines AND perfect dashed line ends and corners if desired.
All better for a "technical" drawing.
Often even better, with dimensioning, is Visio.
They all "play" well together.

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