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USER’S GUIDE
Table of Contents
Chapter Five: Art Forms and Clip Art..................................................................................74
Clip Art, Basic Shapes, and Art Forms................................................................................ 74
Basic Shapes....................................................................................................................... 74
The Clip-Art Manager.......................................................................................................... 74
Locating a Clip-Art Image................................................................................................... 75
Selecting Clip-Art Collections.............................................................................................. 76
Placing Clip-Art................................................................................................................... 77
Renaming and Deleting a Clip-Art Image............................................................................. 78
Renaming a Clip-Art Collection........................................................................................... 78
Creating a New Clip-Art Collection..................................................................................... 78
Saving a Clip-Art Image....................................................................................................... 79
Closing Clip-Art Collections................................................................................................ 79
Reloading Clip-Art Collections............................................................................................ 80
Loading Collections from Multiple CD-ROMs..................................................................... 80
Using Thumbnails................................................................................................................ 81
Converting Clip-Art Symbols to Freeform Objects.............................................................. 82
Placing a Symbol................................................................................................................. 82
Replacing a Displayed Symbol............................................................................................. 84
Composite Symbols............................................................................................................. 84
Accent Symbols.................................................................................................................. 85
Chapter Six: Using Color...................................................................................................... 87
Mixing Color with Hues....................................................................................................... 87
Mixing Colors with RGB (Red-Green-Blue)......................................................................... 88
Mixing Colors with CMYK................................................................................................. 88
Naming Colors.................................................................................................................... 89
Color Palettes...................................................................................................................... 89
Saving Color Palettes.......................................................................................................... 90
Loading Color Palettes........................................................................................................ 90
Viewing Colors Only.......................................................................................................... 90
Using Color Filters.............................................................................................................. 90
Adjustments Available in Color Filters................................................................................. 91
Chapter Seven: Changing Graphic Styles............................................................................. 94
Graphic Styles Defaults....................................................................................................... 94
Using Styles........................................................................................................................ 94
Changing Line Color........................................................................................................... 96
Changing Line Width.......................................................................................................... 96
Changing Line Pattern......................................................................................................... 97
Changing Line Style............................................................................................................ 98
Naming Line Styles............................................................................................................. 99
Changing Fill Color........................................................................................................... 101
Changing Fill Pattern......................................................................................................... 101
Fill Options....................................................................................................................... 102
Naming a Fill Pattern........................................................................................................ 105
Save and Recall Styles...................................................................................................... 106
Undo Style Changes......................................................................................................... 107
Eyedropper....................................................................................................................... 107
Chapter Eight: Text........................................................................................................... 108
Placing a New Text Object............................................................................................... 108
Importing a Text Object.................................................................................................... 109
Editing an Existing Text Object......................................................................................... 111
Binding Text to a Shape.................................................................................................... 111
Editing Bound Text and Shapes........................................................................................ 113
Unbinding Text................................................................................................................. 113
Converting Text to Freeform Objects................................................................................ 114
Special Text Characters and Bullets.................................................................................. 114
Type Styles....................................................................................................................... 115
Default Type Styles.......................................................................................................... 117
Changing Type Style......................................................................................................... 117
Choosing Arts & Letters Typefaces.................................................................................. 117
Choosing Printer Fonts...................................................................................................... 118
Text Point Editing (Ctrl+P)................................................................................................ 119
Aspect ............................................................................................................................. 120
Changes to Type Size Settings When Text Is Stretched...................................................... 120
Viewing and Changing Current Type Size Settings..............................................................121
Changing Text Alignment...................................................................................................122
Changing Type Style..........................................................................................................122
Naming Text Styles............................................................................................................123
Save and Recall Styles(Text).............................................................................................124