User Guide

Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects
Smart Mouse settings
To access Smart Mouse settings:
Open the Smart Mouse palette menu and select Smart Mouse settings.
Select the Show Snap Indicators check box if you want to show that Smart Mouse is active. This
setting also indicates that constraints are met. If this option is selected, you’ll notice that a small
square appears by the cursor.
You can also select the range for the snap function.
Option Definition
Within Screen Object must be within the screen area to trigger the constraint. This
range is useful if layout area contains several objects and the zoom in
feature is used.
Within Document Object must be within the document area to trigger the constraint.
Within x.xx pixels For absolute constraints only, specifies how close the pointer must be to
an object for the object to trigger the constraint.
Object path editor
This function allows you to view and edit the X/Y coordinates of each individual point of a basic vector
object, polygon, or Bézier curve.
Basic vector objects are rectangles, lines, ovals, and arcs.
To view the points of a single object:
1. Select the object.
2. Open the Object Path Editor palette by choosing Object | Object Path Editor. The individual
points are listed in the left column with their corresponding X/Y coordinates in the middle
and right columns.
If you have the GIS+, you can select the Angular Units in the palette menu to view the
points’ coordinates in angular units as opposed to the X/Y position.
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