You can design your own line styles and save them as presets.
To design and save a custom line style |
1 | On the Tools toolbar, choose one of the following tools: |
• | Pen tool |
• | Rectangle tool |
• | Ellipse tool |
• | Symmetric Shape tool |
• | Preset Shape tool |
• | Text tool |
2 | On the Tool Options palette, click the Line Style drop-list, and click Custom. |
If you want to copy an existing line style, choose that style from the Line Style drop-list, and click Custom. |
3 | In the Styled Line Editor dialog box, choose settings from any of the following controls: |
• | First cap — lets you pick a style for the first segment in the line |
• | Last cap — lets you pick a style for the last segment in the line |
If you want to specify a size for the cap, click the Size button, and type or set a value in the Width and Height controls. To make the height and width equal, mark the Link axes check box. |
4 | Do one of the following: |
• | If you are creating a new line, click Save as New. Type a name in the Styled Line Name field, and click OK. |
• | If you are editing an existing line, click Save. |
Click the Undo button .
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Click the Reset button .
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Mark the Different segment caps check box, and choose settings from the Segment Start and Segment End group boxes.
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Type or set a value in the Length control, and click Add.
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Select a dash or gap, and click Delete.
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Click Clear.
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Saved styles appear in the Line Style drop-list on the Tool Options palette.