Manuals/calci/EditMoveDeleteMode













Edit/Move/Delete Mode

1. To Edit a shape, select the selector mode and then click on the shape in the drawing area. A selection box will be displayed around the shape. The user can also draw a selection box around multiple shapes to select all of them

2. Click on the dots at the top left corner of the selection box to rotate the shapes along various axes. To resize a shape, click on the dot at the bottom right corner of the image and drag it to resize the image.

3. To move a shape, click the 'Select and Move Object' icon. Click on the border of the shape and move the shape to the desired location.

4. To re-size a shape, click the 'Select and Re-Size object'. Click on the border of the shape and resize the shape as desired.

5. To edit a shape, click on the 'Edit Poly Line' icon. Then click on the border of the shape to display dots along the border of the shape. The user can move the dots to change the shape. (Edit Poly line does not work on pre-defined shapes like star, rectangle, circle, rectangle, rounded rectangle)

6. To pour current draw settings to a shape, click on the 'Pour Settings' icon. Then click on the border of the shape and the pour settings will be applied to that object.

7. To write Peripheral text, click on the 'Change draw objects to word art' icon. Then click on the desired drawn shape and a text box will be displayed. Enter text in the box and the text will follow the pattern of the shape.

8. To write inside a shape, click on the 'Insert text to draw object' icon. Then click on the desired drawn shape and a text box will be displayed. Enter text in the box and the text will be displayed inside the shape.

9. To erase a shape, click on the 'Spot Erase' icon. Then click on the shape and it will be deleted.

10. To erase multiple shapes, click on the 'Wipe Erase' icon. Then click and drag the mouse over the drawing objects to erase them.

11. To virtually erase the objects in the drawing area, click on the 'Realistic virtual eraser of background color' icon. Move the mouse over the background to delete any shape components below the movement of the mouse.

12. To clear all the objects in the drawing area, click on the 'Remove all objects from drawing area' icon. A confirmation dialog will be displayed. Click 'OK' to delete all the shapes in drawing area or click 'Cancel' to cancel the operation.

To Edit a shape, select an object on the Drawing Area to move/resize/rotate/edit points/delete/apply current settings/make test snakes/insert text/etc. Ctrl + Drag to [Copy] selected objects. Right click for more options