Status Bar Buttons

The status bar at the bottom of the Designer window contains current information about your drawing, including line fill and style, interior fill, type of object selected, zoom level, and coordinates. You also can click the Coordinates button to open the Coordinates menu. The status bar can be a single line or a double line.

Tool

Name

Description

Line fill and style

This button shows the line fill and style of the currently selected object. If no object is selected, the button shows the default line fill and style. Click to open the Object Format dialog box.

Interior fill

This button shows the interior fill of the currently selected object. If no object is selected, the button shows the default fill. Click to open the Object Format dialog box where you can select colors and the type of fill.

Coordinates

The Coordinates button (keyboard shortcut CTRL+Q) opens a dialog that lets you change the coordinate system. You can also open a dialog box that lets you use numeric coordinates to control editing and drawing actions that usually require the mouse.