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USER’S GUIDE
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Chapter Nine: Freeform Drawing....................................................................................... 125
Setting Mouse Acceleration and Document Precision......................................................... 125
Closing Open Shapes........................................................................................................ 125
Undo Line or Curve.......................................................................................................... 126
Drawing a Single Line........................................................................................................ 126
Drawing Multiple Lines...................................................................................................... 128
Drawing a Curve............................................................................................................... 129
Drawing Multiple Curves................................................................................................... 130
Drawing a Line/Curve Combination................................................................................... 131
Drawing Curves with Smooth Joins.................................................................................... 131
Drawing Using Snap to Points............................................................................................ 132
Drawing Using Snap to Grid.............................................................................................. 134
Deleting the Last Segment Drawn...................................................................................... 136
Sketching Color................................................................................................................ 136
Curve Sketching Options.................................................................................................. 136
Tracing Bitmaps................................................................................................................ 138
Bitmap Tracing Options.................................................................................................... 138
Chapter Ten: Editing Freeform Drawings........................................................................... 141
Selecting and Deselecting Point Handles........................................................................... 141
Moving Line and Curve Points and Segments................................................................... 142
Manipulating Curve Control Points................................................................................... 143
Adding Point Handles....................................................................................................... 144
Deleting Point Handles...................................................................................................... 144
Moving Handles Horizontally/Vertically............................................................................. 145
Make Horizontal/Vertical.................................................................................................. 145
Aligning Points Horizontally............................................................................................... 146
Aligning Points Vertically................................................................................................... 146
Appending Lines and Curves............................................................................................. 147
Duplicating Line and Curve Segments................................................................................ 147
Line/Curve Segment.......................................................................................................... 147
Converting Lines to/from Curves....................................................................................... 148
Splitting Freeform Objects................................................................................................ 148
Joining Open Shapes......................................................................................................... 149
Maintaining Smooth Joins.................................................................................................. 150
Making Smooth Joins........................................................................................................ 150
Maintain Curve Slope........................................................................................................ 152
Editing Using Snap to Points............................................................................................. 152
Editing Using Snap to Grid................................................................................................ 153
Snap to Line/Curve........................................................................................................... 154
Setting the Snap Options................................................................................................... 154
Changing the Filling Rule................................................................................................... 155
Setting Freeform Undo Levels........................................................................................... 156
Save Angle....................................................................................................................... 156
Recall Angle..................................................................................................................... 157
Recall Perpendicular......................................................................................................... 158
Save Length...................................................................................................................... 159
Recall Length.................................................................................................................... 160
Save X or Y...................................................................................................................... 160
Recall X or Y.................................................................................................................... 161
Specify Values.................................................................................................................. 161
Chapter Eleven: Charting................................................................................................... 165
About Presentation Charting............................................................................................. 165
Presentation Tips.............................................................................................................. 165
Creating Charts................................................................................................................. 166
Chart Components............................................................................................................ 166
Starting the Chart Window................................................................................................ 167
Choosing a Chart Type...................................................................................................... 167
Entering Chart Data........................................................................................................... 167
Importing and Exporting Chart Data................................................................................... 169
Entering Chart Text............................................................................................................ 169
Specifying the Y-Axis Scale............................................................................................... 170
Setting Chart Attributes...................................................................................................... 170
Specifying a Symbol for Bars and Points............................................................................. 170
Hiding and Displaying Chart Elements................................................................................ 171
Adding a Chart to a Document........................................................................................... 172
Changing Chart Defaults..................................................................................................... 172
Switching Between Chart Types......................................................................................... 173
Editing Charts by Changing the Chart Information............................................................... 173
Editing Charts as Individual Objects................................................................................... 174
Chapter Twelve: Filing and Printing Operations................................................................... 175
Starting a New Document.................................................................................................. 175
Opening an Existing Document........................................................................................... 175
Merging Documents........................................................................................................... 177
Changing the Open Filename List....................................................................................... 177
Saving a Document............................................................................................................ 177
Save As............................................................................................................................ 178
Save.................................................................................................................................. 178
Saving and Loading Defaults.............................................................................................. 178
Deleting a Document......................................................................................................... 179
Printing Operations............................................................................................................ 180
Changing Printer and Print Options.................................................................................... 180
Changing the Page Size and Orientation............................................................................. 181
Changing the Margins........................................................................................................ 181
Changing the Page Size...................................................................................................... 182
Printing Documents........................................................................................................... 183
Interrupting or Canceling a Print Job.................................................................................. 184
Printing to a File................................................................................................................ 185
Printing Banners................................................................................................................ 186
Printing Color Separations................................................................................................. 187
Spot Color vs. Process Color............................................................................................ 187
Screen Frequency and Angle............................................................................................. 187
Output Devices for Separations........................................................................................ 188
Printing Spot Color........................................................................................................... 188
Printing Process Color...................................................................................................... 189
Undercolor Removal......................................................................................................... 191
The Theory of Undercolor Removal................................................................................... 191
The Practicalities of Undercolor Removal...........................................................................192
Specifying Undercolor Removal.........................................................................................192
Color and Brightness/Contrast Filters.................................................................................193
Chapter Thirteen: Exchanging Images with Other Applications............................................ 197
Cut, Copy, and Paste........................................................................................................197
Using Cut, Copy, and Paste..............................................................................................197
Clipboard Options............................................................................................................198
Merging Documents Via the Clipboard.............................................................................199
Importing and Exporting Files...........................................................................................199
Supported File Types........................................................................................................199
Importing Files..................................................................................................................202
Exporting Files...................................................................................................................203
Linking and Embedding (OLE)..........................................................................................205
Selecting OLE Objects and Areas......................................................................................205
Using Drag and Drop to Append Files into EXPRESS....................................................... 208
Chapter Fourteen: Appendix..............................................................................................209
Activity Manager...............................................................................................................209
Tips and Techniques for Using EXPRESS..........................................................................209
Multi-tasking.....................................................................................................................213
Accelerator Keys..............................................................................................................213
List of EXPRESS Accelerator Keys..................................................................................214
The Arts & Letters ALLETTER.INI File...........................................................................215