Editing Line Ends

If you need to adjust the position or appearance of a line end, you can scale, move, rotate, or flip the line end relative to its line. You can watch the preview in the Object Format dialog box to see the effect your adjustments have. Experiment with the controls to reach the result you want.

Scaling a Line End

Change the size of a line end by changing the value of Width % and Height %. The default values are 100%, which is the original size. Changing both these values to 50% makes the line end half the original size; changing the values to 200% makes the line end twice the original size. To scale the line end proportionally, change Width % and Height % the same amount.

Moving a Line End

You can move, or offset, a line end from its line by increasing or decreasing the values in the X Offset % or Y Offset %. Zero is the default position.

Increasing the percentage for X Offset moves the line end away from the line. Decreasing the percentage for X Offset (using a negative value) moves the end toward the middle of the line.

Increasing the percentage for Y Offset moves the line end up. Decreasing the percentage for Y Offset (using a negative value) moves the line end down.

Rotating a Line End

You can rotate a line end relative to the line by changing the value for Angle. The default value (no rotation) is zero degrees.


Setting Line Styles

If you select Use Line, the current line thickness and fill attributes are applied to the line end. If you want to retain the original style attributes of an object you are pasting into the line end gallery, deselect this option.


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