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• Record information about the objects, e.g. what they are used for;
• Select the objects. This is particularly useful if the objects are widely separated in
the drawing or in a complicated drawing. One click and you can select just those
objects that share a name;
• For linked stretching where one named object can automatically stretch another
named object. For example, changing the text over a colored background shape
can automatically change the size of the shape.
This dialog is modeless, so you can change the selection while the dialog is displayed.
It shows the names for the current selection. The text field at the top of the dialog
shows you how many objects are currently selected.
Adding names
To add a name to an object, select the object and open the NAMES dialog using the
button on the
SELECTOR TOOL infobar or right click on the object and choose NAMES...
Type the new name into the
APPLY NAME field, or use the drop down list on the same
field to select a name which is already used elsewhere in the current document. Click
ADD. You should see the name appear in the NAMES APPLIED list.
Names applied
The NAMES APPLIED field shows you the names applied to the current selection. If
more than one object is selected, a list of names is only shown if all objects in the
selection have exactly the same set of names applied. Otherwise “<many>” is
displayed, indicating that there are differences in terms of the names applied to
different objects in the selection.
To remove a name from the selected object(s), click the name in the
NAMES APPLIED
list to select it and then click the
REMOVE button.