User Guide

Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects
Flowchart options
Symbols Click and drag symbols into your document. You must place at least one
symbol in your document before you can use the Create and Branch
buttons.
Create Select a symbol in your document, and then select a symbol in the
palette and use the following buttons:
Add Top: Places the symbol above the symbol selected in the
document.
Add Bottom: Places the symbol below the symbol selected in the
document.
Add Left: Places the symbol to the left of the symbol selected in the
document.
Add Right: Places the symbol to the right of the symbol selected in
the document.
Branch Select a symbol in your document, and then select a symbol in the
palette and use the following buttons to branch the chart:
Branch Top: Places two symbols above the symbol selected in the
document.
Branch Bottom: Places two symbols below the symbol selected in
the document.
Branch Left: Places two symbols left of the symbol selected in the
document.
Branch Right: Places two symbols right of the symbol selected in
the document.
Symbol Size Enter the width and height of the symbols. Select the Preserve original
proportions check box to retain the proportions of symbols when you
resize them.
Symbol Offset Enter the amount of offset spacing between symbols:
Offset: Defines the distance between one symbol and the next
when you place symbols using the Create buttons.
Branch Offset: Defines the distance between two symbols placed
using the Branch buttons.
Smart Line Attributes Select the following attributes to apply to the flowchart lines:
Pen
Fill
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