2013

Introduction to MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 13
Lines, shapes, and objects
These are all lines
A line can be straight, curved or a mixture
of both. A line must have a start and an
end, thus it is always open. You can apply
a thickness and color to a line.
These are all shapes
A shape is a solid or closed object. The
difference between a line and a shape is
that a shape has no start or end. Because
a shape is a closed object, you can fill it
with a color or leave it empty with no
color. You can apply a thickness and color
to the line around the shape.
In postscript terminology, a shape is a closed path. Page & Layout Designer
sometimes uses "shape" as shorthand for "line or shape".
These are all objects
Object is a general term. This manual
uses it where the same information
applies to lines, shapes, bitmaps and
text. For example, moving a line is
exactly the same as moving a shape,
moving a bitmap or moving text.
Many operations in Page & Layout Designer apply equally to a single object or a
collection of objects. "Object" can refer both to one object and to several objects.
Attributes are the characteristics of objects such as line width and pattern, colors and
so on.
Bars
There are three types of bars: the MAIN TOOLBAR, the INFOBAR, and then various other
button bars which are sometimes just referred to as control bars, e.g. the
GALLERY
button bar.
Attributes
The various characteristics that define the appearance of objects on the page, such as
color, line width, fill style etc are all called
ATTRIBUTES of the object.
The Attributes of objects can be copied and pasted between different objects using
the Paste Attributes (on page 128) menu command.