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- ** File: TPPlt_04.hlp
- ** Index: 53
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- ** Content: Plot editing techniques
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- █ Change color of object
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- If a color graphics adapter is
- connected to your computer system, you can
- change the color of an object to one of
- the sixteen colors in the Color Palette.
- The step by step procedure is as follows:
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- · Select the object you want to change.
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- · Click the color button with the
- desired color.
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- █ Change symbol type of object
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- You can change the symbol type of a
- selected object by clicking on the desired
- symbol tool from the Tool box. For example,
- suppose the current selected object is a
- open circle, but you would like to change
- it to a solid square. Just click on the
- solid square button on the Toolbox and the
- object will be changed to solid square.
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- █ Auto Redraw and Auto Pick options
-
- By default, TechPlot sets both
- AutoRedraw and AutoPick on. These two menu
- items are located under the Option Menu in
- Plot View.
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- If the AutoRedraw mode is on, the plot
- screen will redraw after each plot editing
- action such as moving an object, changing
- color, etc. You can turn it off by
- choosing the Option | AutoRedraw menu
- command. To turn it back on, just choose
- it again.
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- If the AutoPick option is on, TechPlot
- will set the editing tool to Pick Tool
- after each plot editing action. For
- example, if you want to add a square
- object to a graph, you select the Square
- tool and move your mouse to a position and
- add it. If AutoPick is on, after this
- action, the editing tool is set back to
- the Pick tool;
- otherwise, it will stay at the Square tool.
- The command to turn the AutoPick on and off
- is the same as changing the AutoRedraw
- option.
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- █ Redraw the Plot View screen
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- If the AutoRedraw option is on, after
- each editing action the screen is redrawn.
- But when this option is turned off, how can
- you redraw the screen? Use the ReDraw
- command which is located under the View
- Menu. This command lets you redraw the
- screen immediately. The keyboard
- shortcut for this command is <F7>.
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