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change its characteristics, or you can select Properties first to set the default set-
tings and then draw the item with the rounded rectangle tool.
Drawing Text
To draw text items:
Click on the text tool (A) in the toolbar.
Click in the desired starting location in the drawing area.
Type the text on the keyboard.
Click anywhere outside the text box to terminate entry.
If you want to change the font or size settings, switch to the pointer tool
and select the text item. Then choose the Text Font command in the
Objects menu, or select any of the available rotation options in the Text
Rotation submenu.
Reordering Graphical Objects Front-To-Back
The Bring To Front and Send To Back commands are used to set the front-to-
back ordering of the selected objects relative to the other graphic objects.
Grouping Graphical Objects
The Group and Ungroup commands allow you to make multiple graphic objects,
except pins, be treated as a single object or visa versa.
Aligning Graphical Objects
The Align sub-menu allows you to pick how the selected objects will be aligned.
For example, Align Left causes all of the selected objects to be moved such that
their left edges are aligned with the left most selected object's left edge.
Rotating and Flipping Graphical Objects
Any object or group of objects can be rotated 90 degrees or flipped on either axis
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