User Guide

Working with ink strokes 51
You can undo the implementation of drawing assistance. For more information, see
“Undoing and redoing actions” on page 24.
To enable or disable drawing assistance
•Tap Drawing assistance on the standard toolbar.
When drawing assistance is enabled, the button appears pressed.
Drawing assistance is available only for the Pen tools.
To choose drawing assistance settings
1Tap Settings on the standard toolbar.
2In the Settings dialog box, tap the Pen tool tab.
The Align shapes, Symmetry, and Snap to shapes commands are available
only when drawing assistance is enabled.
When drawing assistance is enabled and ink strokes are sent to the
recognizer, information about the pen pressure applied when creating the ink
strokes is not used.
Shape recognition and curve smoothing work only for ink drawn with the
Pen tools. Shapes that you create with the Marker tool
are not
recognized.
When the timer is set to zero, you can only draw recognized shapes consisting
of one continuous stroke.
To Do the following
Set the delay between drawing a stroke and
the implementation of drawing assistance
In the Drawing assistance area of the Pen
tool page, move the Timer slider.
Enable line straightening and collinear
alignment
In the Drawing assistance area of the Pen
tool page, enable the Align shapes option.
Enable symmetry of lines and straight-line
shapes
In the Drawing assistance area of the Pen
tool page, enable the Symmetry option.
Enable snapping of lines, curves, and shapes In the Drawing assistance area of the Pen
tool page, enable the Snap to shapes
option.