Saving custom line styles

Drawing and editing vector objects : Saving custom line styles

You can design your own line styles and save them as presets.

To design and save a custom line style

Edit workspace

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.

You can also
Undo the changes	Click the Undo button .
Reset the line to the original style	Click the Reset button .
Create separate end caps for the middle dashes in the line	Mark the Different segment caps check box, and choose settings from the Segment Start and Segment End group boxes.
Add dashes or gaps	Type or set a value in the Length control, and click Add.
Delete dashes or gaps	Select a dash or gap, and click Delete.
Remove all dashes and gaps	Click Clear.

The preview area at the bottom of the Styled Lines Editor dialog box displays the changes you make to the line. The edit area has a ruler you can use to size dashes and gaps (in pixels).

Saved styles appear in the Line Style drop-list on the Tool Options palette.