LOGDRAFT supports annotating with a series of connected lines or curves which may be dashed, dotted or solid, and, if you plan on plotting your reports on a color printer, may be any of 16 different colors.
To draw a series of connected lines or curves:
- Choose Annotate > Add Line. (If you don't have an Annotate menu selection, refer to this section for a discussion on annotatable reports.) A small pop-up menu appears showing some drawing options that are available. (If the pop-up menu covers part of your drawing, simply drag it by its title bar to somewhere else.)
- If this is the first line you've drawn, or if the line's properties are different from the last one drawn (properties are the line's weight, color and type -- solid or dashed, etc. -- and whether or not it is made up of a series of connected curves instead of straight lines) the click on Properties in the pop-up menu: This displays the Line Properties dialog.
When you have the line properties set correctly, click the dialog's OK button to begin drawing the line. - Begin drawing the line by moving the mouse cursor to the desired location for one of the line's endpoints. Click the left mouse button.
- Move the mouse cursor to the second endpoint of the line then again click the left mouse button.
Note: You can restrict the angles of the lines you draw to the nearest 45° by holding down the Shift key while you draw each point. - Annotation lines may be composed of more than one line segment: To draw another segment, move the cursor to the next desired endpoint then click the left button again.
- When you're finished drawing the line, either: Click the right mouse button, choose the Done pop-up option, or click on the selection (
) toolbar button. - Alternatively, you can choose the Close pop-up option, which completes your set of lines by drawing a final line from the last point you drew back to the first point drawn.
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