Datasheet

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To open an image:
1. Click
Open on the Standard toolbar.
2. Change the file type drop-down menu to display All Image Files,
locate and select the file, and click Open. The image occupies your
workspace such that page dimensions are adjusted to match the image
dimensions (a Custom page size is adopted; in pixels).
3. (Optional) You can modify the image—modify the document as for
any other document or double-click the image to load the Image
Adjustment dialog (then apply one or more adjustments).
4. Click
Save to save the document as a DrawPlus .dpp project, or
File>Export>Export as Image... to export it to the same or a different
file format (the original image's name, dpi, colour depth, and
transparency settings are maintained for export).
Opening PDF and Adobe Illustrator files
It is possible to open PDF and Adobe Illustrator files—once opened you can save
the either file format as a DrawPlus Drawing (.DPP). The character formatting,
layout and images in the original document are preserved to allow for editing of
the imported content.
To open a PDF or Adobe Illustrator file:
1. Click
Open on the Standard toolbar.
For PDF files, you can also select Import PDF from the Startup
Wizard.
2. From the dialog, navigate to, then select the file, and click Open. The
document is loaded and the drawing will repaginate to the number of
pages of the original document if multi-page (PDF only).