User Guide

Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes
Name Type a name for the object.
Keep Proportions Select this option to keep an object’s height and width proportional when
you are editing the object’s dimensions.
Apply Click to apply the current settings. The Apply button changes to Create
when no object is selected and you choose an object type to create.
Text object settings
Insets Change the proportions of a text object’s background. Type values, in
pixels, in the text boxes to specify the horizontal and vertical size of the
text object’s background.
Object shape Change the shape of the text object’s background to a rectangle, round
rectangle, oval, or diamond.
Caption Select or deselect to change the way text wraps in its bounding box. Text
that is not captioned wraps to the next line based on the boundaries of
the text’s bounding box.
You can’t use the Caption or Insets options with text that you created
using the Path Text tool, or text that you converted to paths.
Data display options
Choose the data to display. Select Height/Width or Top/Bottom for all objects except lines. For lines,
select Start/End, Delta V/H, or Length/Angle.
Height/Width: Type values in the text boxes to specify the vertical and horizontal
dimensions of the object.
Top/Bottom: Type values in the text boxes to specify the position of the top, bottom, left,
and right edges of the object, relative to the document rulers.
Start/End: Type values in the text boxes to specify the position of the first and last
endpoints of a line.
Delta V/H: Type values in the text boxes to specify the position of the first endpoint, and
the distance from the first endpoint to the last endpoint of the line.
Length/Angle: Type values in the text boxes to specify the position of the first endpoint,
and the length and angle of the line.
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