Operation Manual

Creating arrow styles
To create a new arrow style:
1) First draw a curve in the shape you want to use for the arrowhead, or create a shape and
convert to a curve. The top of the shape must face upward, as shown in Figure 80,
because this becomes the point of the arrow.
Note
The arrowhead must be a curve, which is something you can draw without lifting a
pencil from the paper. For example, a star can be a curve, but a smiley face cannot
be a curve because you have to reposition the pencil on the paper to draw eyes and
a mouth on the face.
2) Select the shape and, if necessary, right-click and choose Convert > To Curve to convert
the shape to a curve. If the shape is already a curve, To Curve will not be available.
3) With the selection handles showing, select Format > Line from the menu bar, or right-click
and choose Line from the pop-up menu.
4) Go to the Arrow styles page, click the Add button, type a name for the new arrow style, and
click OK. The new arrowhead style will be shown in the preview.
5) Now you can access the new style from the Arrow style list. When you select the name of
the new style, it is shown at the bottom of the dialog.
6) The new arrowhead style created is available only in the current document. If you want to
use this arrowhead style in other documents, click the Save Line Styles icon and type
a unique filename in the Save as dialog that opens. Saved styles have the file extension
of .sod.
7) To use previously saved arrowhead styles, click the Load Line Styles icon and select
the style from the saved list of styles. Click Open to load the style into your document.
8) If necessary. click on the Modify button to change the name of the style.
9) Click OK to close the dialog and save any changes you have made.
Formatting fill area
The term area fill refers to the inside of an object, which can be a uniform color, gradient, hatching
pattern, or bitmap as shown in Figure 81. An area fill can be made partly or wholly transparent and
can throw a shadow.
Figure 81: Different types of area fill
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