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3 In the Change document defaults dialog box, enable the check boxes for the objects and text whose default settings you want to
change, and click OK.
4 Specify the settings you want in the Outline pen dialog box.
Adding arrowheads to lines and curves
Arrowheads let you enhance the starting points and endpoints of lines and curves. You can specify the attributes of an arrowhead with
precision. For example, you can define the exact size of an arrowhead as well as offset or rotate the arrowhead by a precise amount. You can
also flip arrowheads vertically and horizontally. You can save your specified attributes as arrowhead presets for later use.
Arrowhead in its original form (1), resized (2), with offset of 6 0% along
the x-axis (3), flipped horizontally (4), and rotated at 90 degrees (5).
You can edit existing arrowhead presets, and you can create an arrowhead preset based on an existing one. You can also create an
arrowhead preset based on an object such as a curve or a closed shape. When you no longer need an arrowhead preset, you can delete it.
To add an arrowhead
1 Select a line or curve.
2 Open the Start arrowhead picker on the property bar, and click a line-ending shape.
3 Open the End arrowhead picker, and click a line-ending shape.
You can remove an arrowhead by choosing the No arrowhead preset from the Start arrowhead or End arrowhead picker.
You can also add arrowheads from the Outline pen dialog box or the Outline section of the Object properties docker.
To specify the arrowhead attributes of a line or curve
1
Using the Pick tool , select a line or curve that has an arrowhead.
2
Click Window Dockers Object properties.
3
In the Outline section, click the Arrowhead settings button next to the Start arrowhead picker or the End arrowhead picker, and
click Attributes.
If the Outline section is not displayed, click Outline. If the Arrowhead settings button is not displayed, click the arrow at the bottom of
the Outline section.
If you want starting and ending arrowheads to have the same size, offset, rotation angle, and orientation, enable the Share attributes
check box.
4 In the Arrowhead attributes dialog box, perform any of the tasks in the following table.