Masking images with custom shapes?

I made a custom shape, a rounded square with 2 regular corners, I want to mask an image into that shape. Any ideas how to do this? Or how to add my shape as a shape onto pages?
Thanks in advance!
Linda

Linda.h wrote:
I made a custom shape, a rounded square with 2 regular corners, I want to mask an image into that shape. Any ideas how to do this?
Select both the shape and the image:
+Menu > Format > Mask with selected shape+
Or how to add my shape as a shape onto pages?
Can't add it to the shapes menu, just keep it in a template or a 'library' document to cut and paste.
Peter

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