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Hint Parameters dialog, covered later.
Changing the direction of a hint can be done by selecting
the hint, and then choosing “Flip Hint Direction” from the
Hints menu or clicking on the arrowhead of the hint. See
the “Hint Parameters” section for more information on hint
direction. To see what points were responsible for creating
a particular hint, simply Option or Alt-click on the hint, and
those points will become selected:
Removing hints
Removing a hint is simple. Just hit the delete key, or choose
Clear from the Edit menu. Be careful — if you have just
Option or Alt-clicked on a hint to study the points that made
it, you will remove both the hint and those points if you
press delete! Be sure to deselect the points, by pressing
Tab or clicking somewhere else, then select just that hint
before deleting anything.
Making new hints
Creating new hints is done in the Hints menu. To make this
process faster, we have made sure each command in the
Hints menu has its own key-equivalent.
To make a new vertical stem hint:
1. Select two points which define the stem.
2. Choose “Make Vertical Stem” from the Hints menu.
To make a new horizontal stem hint:
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