Specifications
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Holding the key down forces the object to be vertical,
horizontal, or the same on both axes. In other words, if you are
drawing a rectangle, it will be forced to a square shape, an ellipse
will be forced to a circle, and a line will be forced to vertical,
horizontal or 45 degrees, whichever is closest to the current
position.
Holding the key down, disables the Snap to Grid option, if it
is currently on. This allows you to micro-position graphic items
without reference to the grid.
The arrow keys on the keyboard can be used to “nudge” selected objects
slightly in any direction to achieve finer positioning than is possible with the
mouse.
Holding the key down while using the arrow keys, adjusts the size of
an object in one-screen-dot increments.
Setting Line Width, Line Color and Fill Color
The Line Width, Line Color and Fill Color commands in the Objects menu allow
you to control these visible characteristics of any group of selected objects. If
there are selected objects when an item is changed, then the selected objects will
be given the new characteristic. If there are no graphical objects selected when a
change is made, the default setting is changed and graphical objects created in
the future will use the new default setting.
Drawing Arcs
Arcs are drawn in a manner similar to the other graphical objects, except that an
additional command is available to control the start and stop angles of the arc. In
a manner similar to the other object property commands, you can either select an
existing arc and then use the Properties command to change its characteristics, or
you can select Properties first to set the default settings and then draw the arc
with the arc tool.
Drawing Rounded Rectangles
Rounded rectangles are drawn in a manner similar to the other graphical objects,
except that an additional command is available to control the radius of the
rounded corners. In a manner similar to the other object property commands,
you can either select an existing arc and then use the Properties command to
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