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1. Insert Table Insert a table into your drawing or into a selected object Rows l Number of Rows Select a number from the menu Columns 3 __ Y Number of Columns Select a number from the menu The Rows amp Columns Group E3 E ee E Join Cells E Split Cells Delete Inset Insert Insert Inset H X Let Right Aboe Below i Distnbutew Rows amp Columns Delete Row Column Delete the contents of a row or column or completely remove the row or column from your table Ee Insert Left Insert a column to the left of the selected cell Ei Insert Right Insert a column to the right of the selected cell m Insert Above Insert a row above the selected cell S Insert Below Insert a row below the selected cell Join Cells Join selected table cells into a single cell Split Cells Split a selected table cell or cells into two cells EEI g 4 Distribute Soace rows or columns evenly SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started e 27 The Table Style Group Ez Fil Z Line v Format Tabe We Effects v Table Style Format Table Apply advanced formatting to your table Fh 2 Fill Fill a selected object with a color texture or gradient A w Line Change the thickness fill or style of a line or border Effects Apply special effects like glow and shadow to selected objects The Data Group Seca ab Convert to Text Autofill a C Text Editin
2. Texture Dialog Scale You can scale a texture two ways 1 Size the texture to a percentage of its normal size or 2 Scale the width of the texture to an exact size in the units of the rulers You can adjust the scale percentage between 25 and 400 In a floor plan with the default 1 4 inch scale where 4 ft equals one inch on the screen setting the scale of the texture to be 1 foot across would give you 4 tiles representing 4 feet on the screen The word tile here does not refer to floor tile but to the square of texture shown in the dialog Alignment By default a texture will align with the top left of the page You can change the texture alignment to begin at the Top Left Top Center Top Right Center Left Center Center Right Bottom Left Bottom Center or Bottom Right of either the page or the shape the texture fills SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 78 The built in textures will repeat in a seamless continuous pattern Any textures you create or import may show discontinuities at the edges of the tiles unless you design them specifically to tile together seamlessly Change Shape The actual shape of a selected shape on the page object can be changed to any of the other 24 standard shapes using the Change Shape menu found under Change Shape on the Design tab 3 Connection Points AI Text Entry C Shape Outine ooga J TH Edit Shape Outine
3. Add Series Add a data series to your chart SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 29 il Add Category Add a series category to your chart fe Show Data Display a table containing the data depicted by the chart a Swap Series amp Categories Switch the display of series and categories gt Pie Data Choose which category to display in a pie chart The Labels Group Data Horizontal Vertical a Axis v Axis v Labeb Data Select the manner in which data is displayed on your chart i Horizontal Axis Select the manner in which the values for the horizontal axis are displayed i Vertical Axis Select the manner in which the values for the vertical axis are displayed The Layout Group a i l J Axis Gid Legend Rotate m 7 Chany Min Automate Layout a Axis Select whether or not the axes are displayed Grid Select which parts of the grid are visible Legend Determine which parts of a legend are displayed SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 30 ey Rotate Chart Select which quadrant the chart is in Max _Automate Max Set the maximum of the vertical axis Min Automate Min Set the minimum of the vertical axis The Style Group Fill Type v Style Fil Type Select a fill color texture gradient or image The Picture Tab Each of the Groups in the Picture tab has sets of
4. wHVvoso Change Shape Menu Any selected shapes are converted to the shape chosen from this menu The command has no effect on library symbols or images As a shortcut to this command you can quickly change one shape to another by right clicking on the shape and choosing Change Shape from the right click menu Adjusting Shapes Many of the standard shapes available from the Drawing Area Toolbar have properties that can be can be adjusted For example you can adjust the degree of roundness of rounded rectangles or the angle between the vertical and horizontal sides of a parallelogram These shapes have a special hollow diamond shaped Adjustment Handles when selected SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 79 Adjustment Handle Adjusting a Shape To adjust one of these shapes click and drag on the diamond shaped handle A dotted outline shows the effect of your change When you release the mouse button the shape changes its outline to match the dotted image Editing Shape Outlines Shapes can be completely decomposed into their component lines and curves and then modified using the Edit Shape Outline command under Change Shape on the Design tab You can stretch or bend the lines and curves of the shape and then rejoin it to create a new custom shape See Editing the Outline of Shapes in the freehand drawing section _ amp n amp gt ol a a 7 re Editing the Outli
5. Change horizontally and vertically Shapes change size in both directions maintaining their shape C Change horizontally Shapes change size horizontally as you add text and vertically only if you type a carriage return lt Enter gt Change vertically Shapes change size vertically as you add text Allow text to shrink Allow the size of text to shrink to a points before forcing the shape to increase in size Text Margins Set the gap between the text and the inside edge of the shape to fo screen pixels 1 100 Allow Text Editing of a Shape with a Double click Single Click Do not allow text editing Typing the Enter key Inserts anew line Tabs to the next shape or cell Ctrl Enter inserts a line Text Entry Properties dialog box This dialog allows to you to set The way objects grow as you add text The gap between the edge of the object and the text it contains How to begin text entry by clicking with the mouse Text Sizing Rules There are three different ways objects can grow as you add text 1 Horizontally and Vertically The object grows so as to maintain its proportions More Text Horizontal and Vertical Text Sizing 2 Horizontally SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Texte 91 This is the default for background text objects and for the text that appears below or above image objects and library symbols New text is added on the current line New li
6. Object Shrinking Due to Deleting Text If an object has been forced to grow from its original size by having text entered in it then it may shrink again when some or all of that text is deleted The object remembers its real size the size it was set to before the text forced it to change so that it can return fo it Inserting Text Symbols You can insert one of the standard Text Symbols that are available in most Windows fonts into any object containing text On the Home tab click then choose a symbol from the Insert Symbol dialog box Insert Symbol Select Character to Insert Font Normal Text 7 Add Font o Cancel eelse Dl Floh 2f3lslslefz s o 1 HEFa lehiikemnNioleloRsTovw Hee xlyjzih ie lalele ajeitlaln i li iki mn olelalr s h A etetett ih The Insert Symbol Dialog You select a symbol by clicking on it and pressing OK or by double clicking on it If the font drop down list shows Normal Text the typeface of the inserted character is the same as the current font If a specific font is selected the inserted symbol has this font You can add new fonts or remove them from the list using the Add Font and Remove Font buttons SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 98 Special Characters SmartDraw supports text entry of the following special characters Tab You can enter a tab character by typing Ctrl Alt Tab Normally tabs move you from one object to anothe
7. P New CtrltN Open the template selection screen to begin a new document aw Open Cirl O Choose from a list of previously saved documents to open Al Save Ctrl S Save your document A Save As Save the document using a different file name or format 2 Save As Template Save the document as a SmartDraw template Print Ctrl P Print your document Displays the Print Dialog to select the printer number of copies and other properties before printing p Print Preview See how your printed document will look Export as Graphic Export drawings in a number of common graphics formats such as JPG EMF and many others 03 Email Open a new email message in your default email program and automatically attach the current SmartDraw document Publish to Web Share files and publish your SmartDraw documents as web pages ov Spelling Change the way SmartDraw checks the spelling in your documents amp Libraries Open create or automatically build symbol libraries a 8 SmartDraw Options Set the properties such as line linking and shape linking of your document and general SmartDraw options SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 18 pr Select New Template Go back to the Document Browser to select a different template a File Conversion Wizard Automatically convert files from other programs into SmartDraw files x Close Document Ctrl W Close this document
8. Convert all the Enhanced Metafile files in this folder into one library None C Convert all the Enhanced Metafile files in this folder s subfolders into multiple libraries C Documents and Settings Default UsersMy Documents STEP 3 Choose the category you want to add the libraries to Place all of the new libraries and subfolders created into the SmartDraw library category Library Browse STEP 4 Set the symbol properties Set the scale and other properties for each of the symbols in es Properties your new libraries Elop STEP 5 Press the Convert Files Button to begin All of the Enhanced Metafile files in each folder will be converted into one or more libraries The folder name will become the library name Convert Files The name of each original clipart file becomes the name of that symbol in the new library The Library Builder Wizard The five steps to converting files in the Wizard STEP 1 Choose the File Format Select the file format of the graphics files that you want to import Files in scaleable formats like Windows Metafiles WMF EMF Postscript and AutoCAD formats make better SmartDraw symbols than non scaleable bitmapped files like BMP JPG and GIF STEP 2 Select the Files to Convert Use the Browse button to select the folder containing the files you want to convert You have two options in converting the files 1 Selecting Convert all of the files in this folder into one library wil
9. Changing Text Color a You can change the color of selected text using the Text Color command button on the Text tab SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 96 Recent Colors Theme Colors j uE E k Standard Colos Transparency 9909999999080 More Fill Colors Gradient gt z Texture gt i The Text Color Menu You can also use a Texture or a Gradient as your text color by choosing one of those options from the Text Color menu The Global Default Font Under certain conditions when you change the font of a piece of text you establish a new Global Default Font which is stored in your personal settings This font will become the automatic font for new text in your drawing and it will even replace the font of existing text in new templates that you open Setting the Global Default Font The global default font is updated any time you select an object or all of the text in a text block that you are editing and change the font The new font is stored as your new global default font Special rules apply to the size of the default font SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text 97 1 Your personal font size is only updated when the document font size is set between 8 and 14 2 Only text and cells with the default font AND a point size between 8 and 14 are changed to your personal font size Note A symbol font can never become your personal font
10. Exporting to a Bitmap File An alternate method of publishing your SmartDraw document to the web instead ofHTML files is to export it as a web compatible bitmap image such as JPG and then embed that image in an HTML file of your own creation You can export a bitmap file using the Export command under the SmartDraw Button Select the type of file you would like to export to from the menu Most web browsers will display only GIF PNG and JPG formats When you export to a bitmap you are presented with the The Export Bitmap Dialog where you can set the parameters of your image See The Export Bitmap Dialog The Export Bitmap Dialog SmartDraw can export many bitmapped file formats including BMP TIFF GIF JPG PNG and others All of these formats represent an image as a pattern of colored dots called a bitmap The number of dots per inch is called its resolution The number of different colors that each dot can represent is called its color depth The greater the resolution and color depth of a bitmap the better it looks but the more memory and disk space it occupies When you prepare to save your exported image you first name it in a dialog much like a Save dialog then the Export Bitmap Dialog appears SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Publishing To The Web e 210 Export Windows Bitmap Select the size you want your exported image to be Units Width Height In pixels or dots Scale E v 224 140 Inches on t
11. Find amp Replace Clicking either the Find button or the Replace button displays the Find and Replace Dialog Find SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Texte 110 Find and Replace Find What Replace gt gt I Match whole word only D Match case Close Find and Replace Dialog You can enter any target string into this dialog If you press the Find Next button SmartDraw will search for a match Once a match is found it is highlighted and scrolled into view Pressing Find Next again finds the next occurrence Initially only the selected range of text is searched This is either the selected range of text within an object or the selected object s or table Once all selected instances of the target word have been examined you are then given an opportunity to search the remainder of the drawing Normally SmartDraw searches for the target string without regard to upper or lower case and it will report matches that are not whole words For example if you search for mary it will find Maryanne You can change this behavior by checking the appropriate boxes in the dialog Match case causes SmartDraw to find matches only when the case of the characters in the drawing also matches the target Match whole word only causes SmartDraw to ignore matches when the target appears as part of another word Replacing Words If you click on the Replace button in the Find and Replace Dialog or select the Replace com
12. Sales Sales 7 FormatPainter Sales Advisor gt p Manager Advisor Using the Format Painter You can change the appearance of several objects one after another if you hold the Shift key down when you first click on the Format Painter button This makes the button stay selected as you click on several objects one at a time You can also apply the same appearance to several objects at the same time by tracing a selection box around them with the mouse while the Format Painter button is selected The format painter transfers the color border pattern and text settings from one shape to another With lines it also copies the arrowhead style The format painter also works with background text objects and in tables SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 85 Design Effects The Effects command on the on the Home Tab allows you to apply stylistic effects to a selected object on your page The Glow Effect Effects include Shadow Reflection Glow Bevel Gloss Some effects can be applied in combination for example an object can have Gloss and Shadow but others are mutually exclusive for example you cannot have a Reflection and a Shadow at the same time Effect Defaults Applying an Effect to an object sets a new default Effect style for future objects added to the drawing This will remain the default appearing on each new object until you change or remove it from
13. Show AllLayers Evidence Th Bring to Front of Default Fumie N aa Send to Back of Defaut Walls z ao Default Move Object to Layer Menu The list shows all the layers in their top to bottom front to back order If all of the selected objects are currently assigned to the same layer the name of this layer is checked You can also bring a selected object to the front or back of its own current layer using the Bring to Front of Layer and Send to Back of Layer commands on this menu If you move an object to a layer that is not visible or clickable the object itself will no longer be visible or clickable SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Layers e 142 The Move Object to Layer command also appears on the right click menu for any selected object Changing the Order of Objects Within a Layer The Bring to Front and Send to Back commands on the Arrange group of the Main Toolbar send a selected object to the front or back of all objects in all layers This may result in moving the object to a different layer from the one it is currently in To move a selected object to the front or back of its own current layer use the Bring to Front of Layer and Send to Back of Layer commands on the Layers menu of the Page tab Linking Lines and Shapes Linking a Line to a Shape The ability to link lines to shapes lies at the core of many drawings types including flowcharts engineering schematics mind maps and many more
14. s Guide Linking Lines and Shapes e 144 mm a When only one end of a line is linked to a shape you can also break the link by simply moving the line by dragging it away from the shape Deleting an object linked to a line also breaks the link Line Linking and Flowcharts Linking lines to shapes is essential to creating flowcharts By connecting your shapes with linked lines you can move and rearrange the shapes in your flowchart without breaking the flow lines In a typical flowchart you ll want to link the line to the center of the side of a shape The flowchart drawing templates are set up so that the centers of the shapes snap to the grid see the Grid command on the Page tab If you link your lines to the centers of the sides all your lines will be straight On the other hand if you draw a floor plan or any other drawing where the alignment of edges is more important than centers then you ll want the edges to snap to the grid You can specify this in the Snaps settings on the Page tab Linking Lines To Table Cells You can link lines directly to individual cells in tables which is useful for drawings such as Time Lines and Gantt charts See Line Linking In Tables Shape Connection Points Shapes and symbols can have either Fixed Continuous or Custom Connection Points You can modify the connection points for any shape in your drawing by selecting the shape and clicking Connection Points on the Design tab SmartDraw
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16. Does not close other open SmartDraw documents x Close SmartDraw Alt F4 Quit the entire program The Home Tab Each of the Groups in the Home tab has sets of commands represented by buttons and menus The Clipboard Group B X Cut A Copy Paste 2 X lt Format Painter Clipboard B Click the arrow below Paste for more options D Paste Ctrl V Paste the last objects that were cut or copied from SmartDraw or another program onto this page Paste Special Choose which method to use in pasting an object from another program Duplicate Make a duplicate copy of the selected object or objects amp Cut Ctrl X Delete the selected object or objects from the page fe Copy Ctrl C Copy the selected object or objects so they can be pasted somewhere else 3 Format Painter Copy the formatting from one object or block of text and apply it to another SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 19 The Tools Group Dja 4 Select Text Shape Line Arowheads a af v r Tools X Select Tool Choose to select Multiple Objects select all Objects all Shapes or all Lines in the document A Text Tool Click on a shape to open it for text entry or in the background to create a new Background Text Object Shape Tool Click in the drawing to add the currently active shape To change the currently active shape click the down arrow below the tool and select a new
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18. Using the command toggles the ability to edit text on and off for the selected cells Text Resizing and Tables If you enter a large amount of text the cell will be forced to grow To maintain the row and column arrangements of the table the cell s entire row or column will also grow All the cells in a table follow the text resizing rules of the overall shape that contains the table Those properties are controlled by choosing Text Entry on the Design tab while the shape is selected you do that by clicking on its border at the edge of the table By default shapes containing tables are set to grow vertically as text is added This means that text wraps within a cell and rows get taller as text is added Shapes containing tables can be set using their Text Entry Properties to grow horizontally or proportionately as text is added Horizontal growth means that columns and tables get wider as text is entered Grow Horizontally Text Sizing in Tables SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables 117 Moving Around in the Table When you are entering text into a cell typing the Tab key moves the text insertion point to the next cell to the right If the cell is at the end of a row the insertion points wrap around to the first cell on the row below Shift Tab does the reverse The Up and Down arrow keys also move the insertion point up and down rows within a column The Right and Left arrow keys move the
19. While holding the Shift key down select the objects that you wish to align selecting the Target Object last Then choose Rotate from the Design tab then SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 70 Custom The default angle shown will match the rotation of the Target Object and clicking OK will rotate the other objects to match it You can rotate straight or curved lines shapes library symbols and most imported images You cannot rotate the Shape Connecting segmented Lines bitmap images and the Automatic Connector Lines used in Org Charts Objects linked to others do not rotate Since they cannot maintain their link if they do However you can rotate a shape or line before you link it to another Objects that cannot rotate do not have a rotation handle When an object is rotated the text associated with it rotates too Rotated Shapes with Text Flipping Objects All objects except bitmap images can be flipped horizontally or vertically Horizontal flipping reverses an object as if it were reflected in a mirror next to it Mirror Horizontal Flipping SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw 71 Vertical flipping reverses an object as if it were reflected in a mirror above or below it Mirror Vertical Flipping Text you have entered into the object is unaffected by flipping You can use Flipping to generate additional line shapes from those available
20. below beside the symbol by default For more information see Changing the Settings for a Symbol Background Text You create Background Text Objects by clicking the Text Tool then clicking in an empty part of the drawing background and typing After typing the text click in an empty part of the drawing background to finish The text object can then be dragged to any position you want For details see Entering Background Text Text Editing When a shape symbol or background text object is opened for text entry or editing the standard Windows insertion point appears This is a flashing vertical line All of the normal conventions for Windows text editing apply Dragging with the mouse selects text which is then shown in inverted color Selected text can be cut deleted or copied The font size style and color of selected text can be changed using Commands on the Home tab on the Main Toolbar Aligning Text Whether text is inside a shape or freestanding as a text object you can set its alignment with the Alignment command on the Home tab a a a d led La Align Text Simply choose one of the nine options from that menu Alignment affects both the way text is displayed within the object and the way the object grows when text is added Different alignments may be applied to individual paragraphs within the same object Changing the alignment of a background text object often has little noticeable effect because the text fits i
21. if the end points setting is used the label is shown along an imaginary straight line between the end points See also Shape Dimensions and Area under The Shape Properties Dialog Changing the Background The Background command on the Page tab sets the background of the entire document The background can be a color texture or gradient just like the fill color SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 84 of ashape See Changing the Appearance of Shapes for a description of the Fill menu which behaves identically Images exported from a document with a transparent background have transparent backgrounds themselves and they acquire the background color of the document that receives them whether in SmartDraw or another program Drawings with white or other colored or textured backgrounds export images that have opaque backgrounds no matter where they are displayed The background color is also affected when you choose a Theme on the Home tab Using the Format Painter 3 You can copy the appearance of a shape or line and transfer it to another object using the Format Painter tool on Home tab First select the shape or line that you want to copy the format from Then click Format Painter on the Home tab Then click the object you want to apply the format to It will change its appearance to match the object you originally selected and the Format Painter button will become deselected
22. not just the current document If you have made changes since you last saved your drawing you are reminded to save your document before the window closes Saving Documents al You can save drawings to a file on your hard disk by clicking on the SmartDraw Button in the top left corner of the screen then selecting the Save or the Save As command from the menu New drawings must be given a name before they are saved You do this with the standard Save Dialog you see in all Windows programs Save in B Implement fe e EJ Ancestry Tree Russ Machol sdr e House of Quality Matrix Lapt Authority Matrix Recruitment sdr e Marketing Mix Gossip Magazil e Balanced Scorecard Bank sdr e Pyramid Chart Hierarchy of L e Balanced Scorecard Maid sdr e SWOT Analysis Real Estate s e Bar Chart Fish Population sdr e venn Diagram Coffee Shop C e Feature Comparison Camera sdr Gi l gt File name Save as type SmartDraw File SDR Cancel Help The Save Dialog For drawings that have been saved and already have a file name the Save As command can be used to save the drawing to a different file name The Save command by contrast always saves the drawing to the same file name Choosing Save as Template from the SmartDraw Button menu saves the current drawing as a SmartDraw Template This is the same as a normal file but with the extension SDT When template files are o
23. one from the menu ZL Line Tool Use the pencil cursor to draw a line You can change the type of line the tool draws by clicking the down arrow to its right and choosing from the menu Arrowhead Tool Add arrowheads to a selected line or set the default arrowhead style for future lines The Theme Group b al 4 ERE Theme Use a Theme to change the entire look of the document with a single click b 4 Scroll Up Down Buttons Scroll up or down to view more themes Open Gallery Button Select a Theme from the gallery alll The Shape Style Group SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started e 20 d o 2k Quick Fill Line Effects Stylesw v Shape Stye J Quick Styles Apply a predefined style to selected objects A S2 Fill Fill a selected object with a color texture or gradient Line Change the thickness fill or style of a line Effects Apply special effects like glow and shadow to selected objects The Font Group Verdana gt 12 x BZUXx Ara Font fa veraa Font Change the font for a selected object or block of text Lo Font Size Change the font size for a selected object or document B Bold Make the selected text bold Z Italic italicize the selected text U Underline Underline the selected text X Subscript Make the selected text a subscript 2 x Superscript Make the selected text a
24. the Front to Back Order Moving Objects Moving Objects with the Mouse You can move an object simply by clicking on it and dragging it with the mouse while keeping the mouse button pressed down An outline of the object follows the mouse as you move it SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 63 If you hold the Shift key down while you use the mouse to move an object it moves only horizontally or vertically Moving a Group of Objects If more than one object is selected clicking and dragging on any one of them moves all the selected objects as a group If an object is linked to another with certain kinds of linking moving one of the objects will move the other When a Group of objects that has been created with the Group commana is moved an outline of the rectangle that encloses the group follows the mouse Moving Objects with the Arrow Keys You can use the arrow keys to move objects very precisely Typing an arrow key moves a selected object by one screen pixel 1 100 of an inch at normal viewing magnification with each keystroke The arrows move the objects on screen according to their direction up down right and left If more than one object is selected all are moved Aligning Objects The Align command on the Design tab aligns all selected objects with the selected target object See Aligning Objects Spacing Objects Evenly The Space Evenly command on the Design tab positions all s
25. 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Linking Lines and Shapes e 145 Choose Connection Points Select Setting Hint Shapes may have either fixed or infinite connection points Cancel The Default setting is best for most flowcharting since it makes it easy to Help link a line exactly to the center of a shape s side The Continuous setting is the most flexible allowing a line to connect to any point on the border Only shapes with a continuous border may have this setting The Custom setting is useful for defining a limited number of connection points at very specific locations It is often used for electrical and other specialized symbols Default Continuous Custom The Connection Points Dialog Only the standard shapes available from the Shape Tool on the Home tab have Default fixed connection points which lie as follows four at the corners of the shape four in the center of the sides and one between each of these points These default points are ideal for drawing flowcharts org charts and similar diagrams Any closed shape whether a standard toolbar shape or some other closed polygon can be set to have Continuous Connection Points allowing you to link lines or other objects to any location on the perimeter of your shape In addition to flexibility Continuous Connection Points allow you to connect a very large number of lines to the same side of a shape Any shape or symbol can be set to have Custo
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28. 81 Custom Arrowheads The Custom command on the Arrowheads menu opens the Arrowheads Dialog where you can choose from 35 different styles You can also set the arrowhead Size and Displacement with this function For details see Custom Arrowheads See also Changing the Shape of a Line Custom Arrowheads The Custom arrowheads command appears on the Arrowheads menu found under Arrowheads on the Home tab Here you can choose from 35 different styles and apply them to either end of a selected line You can also set the arrowhead Size and Displacement Arrowheads Left Top Right Bottom Preview None 4 i None gt gt e o E gt t ee rete st RO gt se o Fazi o o oF t Displacement Displacement Cii _ OK Eo Cancel peas Help The Arrowheads Dialog Left Top Clicking on one of the 36 style buttons changes the type of arrowhead that will appear on the left end or top end if vertical of the lines currently selected A preview appears in the preview window The None selection results in no arrowhead at the left end Right Bottom Clicking on one of the 36 style buttons changes the type of arrowhead that will appear on the right end or bottom end if vertical of the lines currently selected A SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 82 preview appears in the preview window The None selec
29. 92 Most objects require a double click for text editing A single click is used to move and select them Tables on the other hand normally require only a single click to begin editing in a given table cell Do not allow text editing prevents anyone from changing the text in an object or a cell in a table It is used extensively in forms to prevent users from accidentally changing the field labels while filling in the blank spaces on the form Text Entry and the Enter Key Normally typing the Enter Key inserts a new line into the text you are editing Opting to have the Enter key Tab to the next shape causes an Enter Key to behave like the Tab Key and move you fo the next shape in the drawing or the next cell within a table In this case Shift Enter moves back just like Shift Tab does normally This can be a useful setting for forms To add a new line while in this mode hold the Ctrl Key while you type the Enter Key Defaults All of the settings you make in the Text Entry Properties dialog for an object become the defaults for newly created objects with the important exception of the mouse clicks setting Entering Background Text A When the Text Tool on the Home tab is selected clicking in the empty background of the page starts a text entry session The text you type creates a new object called a Background Text Object This is a rectangle shape with an invisible border and a transparent fill The text resides in this inv
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31. Furniture ie Landscape Greenery Ej Plant Group 4 T H When you find the desired symbol library in the Explorer tree you can open it by double clicking it or clicking the Open Library button at the bottom of the dialog box SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide The Left Panel e 44 The open library will appear in the Library Tab and the SmartPanel Tab if there is a Symbol Library Gallery of the Left Panel Explorer Favorites The Symbol Explorer Tree appears s in the left column of the More Symbols dialog box At the top of the symbol Explorer tree is a folder called My Favorites More Symbols Click on a library name to preview O SmartDraw Explorer My Favorites 02 Banner 05 Banner 07 Banner earner Se Venn Diagrams B Timeline f AP Symbols yy H Search Results Symbol Libraries H E Accident Reconstruction H Anatomy amp Physiology E Calendars H O Certificates 328 HE Clip art a H Crime Scenes Engineering Family Trees Floor Plans 14 Banner 15 Banner a Flowcharts C5 Forms E Gantt Charts Landscape Design 08 Banner 09 Banner 12 Banner as cose Opentibrary i ok You can drag Symbol Libraries from other sections of the Explorer tree into Favorites to have them readily available Your Favorites folder contains a short cut to any library you add to it It does not create a copy of the library or m
32. It allows you to connect two shapes with a line that will stretch like a rubber band to stay connected when you move one of the shapes You can link lines to shapes if Allow Lines to Link is turned on in Options under the SmartDraw Button To connect two shapes with a line click on the Line Tool on the Home tab and release Now your cursor looks like a pencil Touch the pencil to the edge of one shape and click down with the mouse Drag the pencil to the edge of another shape and release SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Linking Lines and Shapes 143 Anchoring a Line to a Shape When the end of the line approaches the shape s border a series of round solid circles appear on the shape indicating the points on the border where the line may link These are called Shape Connection Points a The end of the line then snaps to the closest connection point and the mouse cursor becomes an anchor Releasing the mouse while in this state links the line to the shape The line is like a rubber band that stretches or shrinks to stay connected to the shapes as they are moved Lines stay connected when shapes are moved See also Shape Connection Points Breaking a Line Link To unlink the line reverse the process First select the line by clicking on it Around handle appears where the line attaches to the shape Grab that round handle and drag it away from the shape to break the link SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser
33. James vice President marketing 115 Lee Harvey Marketing Manager 135 Lawrence Rebecca vice President Finance 134 Davidson Jeff Accountant 137 Jameson James CFO 106 A file using Tab indentation 2 Create Hierarchy by Matching This is the traditional Org Plus method in which a name or ID number in each record is matched to a supervisor name or ID number in another record Example Name Ext ID MGR ID Talbot Dan 110 9 10 Jones Ann 101 10 16 Allen Marcus 118 11 21 Larsen sylvia 108 12 17 Matching Fields If you choose Create Hierarchy by Matching you must indicate which fields match to with which SmartDraw will try to figure this out for you If it cannot you can manually specify the field matching using the drop down lists Create Hierarchy By Matching MGR ID 7 Field with Supervisor s 1D v Field SmartDraw SmartDraw_7 Employee List match T Job Title Ex D MG Choosing Fields to match for Import Talbot Dan Jones Ann Allen Marcus Larsen Sylvia Matched fields ready for import Field Import Options You can choose whether any given field will be imported and if so whether it will be visible in the org chart SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Automatic Connector Lines 163 0 Talbot Dan 110 View Field in Org Chart 0 Jones Ann 101 ae 0 Allen Marcus 118 Hide Field in Org Chart 0 Larsen Sylvia 108 Do Not Import Field Field Import Options Click o
34. Line Segment Types By using combinations of these line types and adjusting them with the adjustment handles you can shape a line just about any way you want You can always change any segment to one of the other shapes by right clicking on the line segment and using the Change Line Segment Shape command on the right click menu Separating Joined Lines You can detach joined lines by right clicking on the freeform line and using the Split Into Two Lines command on the right click menu The line is split at the corner growth handle adjacent to the point at which you clicked If you ve joined your line into a closed shape to separate it you must select it then use Edit Shape Outline under Change Shape of the Design tab Once you have clicked Edit Shape Outline you can right click on the line as before and select Split Into Two Lines SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines 186 Creating Closed Freeform Shapes When drawing with the Freeform Line tools if you connect the end of the freeform line to its starting point the shape becomes closed If you hold the Ctrl Key down this automatic closing feature is overridden You can also close an existing freeform line into a shape by selecting it then clicking on the growth handle at one end and dragging it with the mouse to connect to the other end In addition if Allow Lines to Join is turned on you can also connect the ends of a line by drawing a ne
35. Now Open Source Change Source Break Link Source C 42008 User Guide SmartDraw doclOLE_LINK3 Type Microsoft Office Word Document Update Automatic C Manual The Links Dialog The list shows all of the linked OLE objects in your drawing You can change the parameters of the item selected in the list by using the buttons on the right Update Now causes SmartDraw to get the latest image from the linked file Open Source opens the file associated with the link Change Source lets your fix a link that has been broken because the original file has moved Break Link breaks the OLE link making the object a simple picture object that no longer updates Inserting Objects into SmartDraw with the Insert Command You can also add OLE objects to SmartDraw with the Insert Object command on the More menu of the Insert tab in SmartDraw This opens the Insert Object Dialog SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs e 220 Insert Object Object Type Create New Adobe Photoshop Bitmap Image Cancel P FotoFinish Image Create from File Media Clip Microsoft Equation 3 0 Microsoft Graph Chart DeAnna Microsoft Office Excel 97 2003 Work paas ieor Microsoft Office Excel Binary Worksh Inserts a new Adobe Photoshop Image object into your document Insert Object Dialog Create New When the Create New button is selected the list shows all of the di
36. Once the conversion is completed the symbol Explorer Tree updates itself and expands to show the new libraries Sharing Libraries on a Network Symbol Libraries can be shared by multiple users on a network When a library is opened by more than one user all users after the first one to open the library view it as read only Only the first User to open the library has write permission Read only libraries cannot be edited and symbols cannot be added or removed SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries 181 Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines Drawing Freeform Lines and Shapes You can use freeform drawing to create lines or shapes of any design you like There are two freeform drawing tools found under the Line Tool on the Home tab o The Freehand Line The Polygon Line Straight Line Curved Line Shape Connector Curved Connector reehan Polygon Line los un Wall See The Polygon Line Tool See The Freehand Line Tool The Polygon Line Tool The Polygon Line Tool draws a line or shape consisting of continuous straight line segments Select the Polygon Line from the Line Tool menu on the Home tab SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines 182 Straight Line Curved Line Curved Connector al T Shape Connector g Ne Freehand Line cS Wall Then click in the drawing area to start your first segment Move the mouse to the
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38. Page Footers Checking this box prints a footer showing the name of the drawing the number of the page and the current date and time at the bottom of each page Define Footer SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing 207 This button only appears when the Print Page Footer box is checked Pressing it opens the Define Footer Dialog Define Footer Position p These selections move C Bottom 1 2 the footer up from the Bottom 174 bottom of the printable area of the page in 1 4 Bottom of the page stens Typeface Hint Changing the footer settings Font affects all drawings not just the one you are about to print The Define Footer Dialog Position specifies how far above the bottom of the page to print the footer Font displays the standard Windows Font Dialog where you can specify the style and size of the text Print the Grid Checking this box causes the normally invisible Grid to print on the page with your drawing On color printers the grid will print in green Print to File Checking this box causes the printed image of the drawing to be stored in a file on disk instead of being sent to the printer E amar ing a Drawing You can e mail a drawing directly from SmartDraw without having to leave the program Select Email from the SmartDraw Button Your default e mail program will automatically open with the drawing attached SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guid
39. S Sat Se a gE Down PC Dumb Termin File Server PC Backview M a7 Tan _ _ 4 Policeman Secure Host SuperServer Certification _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Encryption Web Browser Communicati Genenc Server pi aa _ r y n s E 7 sae PC Front View Secure Server iMac Monitor Digital Ocean_ Floating Library Window To re dock a floating library just drag it back to the Left Panel a When you click the minimize button at the top right of the floating window it shrinks the library to a minimized window at the bottom of your screen This is useful if you want to temporarily move a library window out of the way without docking it at the side of the screen Adding Symbols to a Drawing To add a symbol from a library to your drawing click on one of the symbols in the open library then click in your drawing to add it there Alternatatively you can click and drag a symbol from the library into the drawing Automatic Scaling of Symbols SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 169 Some symbols have the property of automatically re sizing themselves based on the current ruler settings as they are added to a drawing For example if a drawing has rulers set so that one screen inch is equivalent to 48 inches then a 36 inch desk symbol will be sized automatically to be 0 75 inches when added to the drawing This is useful in floor plans and other
40. Scrolls Border Search Results BP Borders BF Seals Marine Mammals E Stick Toons Banners oe Dingbats 1 Black amp Tan Border Blue Fun Border Red Fancy Border F Christmas 1 E Christmas 2 ae Easter Se Valentine s Day B wedding 1 Se Wedding 2 Dental ka School Certificate SealBack_ Simple Line Simple Line Black ae Otolaryngology H Symbol Libraries Accident Reconstruction Anatomy amp Physiology cose i Opentibray I o Results of a Search The Search Results folder contains temporary shortcuts to the actual libraries so when that folder is cleared the real libraries remain in their normal locations In addition to the words in its name every SmartDraw symbol can contain keywords that describe its content These too are searched You can enter more than one word into the Search Bar separated by spaces or commas SmartDraw finds matches for libraries that contain all of the words that you specify In Boolean terms the search is an AND search If you want to make it an OR search you can type Keyword OR Keyword and SmartDraw will find any of the keywords that you type The search is not case sensitive It doesn t matter if the words are in capital letters Partial matches are found as long as the word begins with the search word For example if you searched for Form matches would be found for Forms and Formula but not Perform The word search index is rebuilt automatically w
41. SmartDraw shapes can have the Automatic setting Symbol Name and Keywords Each symbol should have a unique name in the Edit Symbol dialog The names are searched when you Search for symbols in the left panel You can also assign keywords to symbols to help locate them in a search Put a semicolon after the symbol name then list your keywords each separated by a space Any words after the semicolon do not appear on the symbol buttons shown in the library window You can add names in different languages by dropping the language menu beside the name box By default the Search function will look for names matching the current language setting of your SmartDraw program If a native name is not present English is used Adding New Symbols to a Library Adding Symbols from SmartDraw Adding new symbols to libraries is a simple Drag and Drop operation Any object or collection of objects dragged from the SmartDraw page and dropped onto a library window can become a new symbol Lay When you drag a symbol over an open library window the cursor changes to the Library Drop Cursor If you release the mouse button the Edit Symbol dialog appears The new symbol appears in the Image window Pressing OK adds the objects to the library as a new symbol SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 175 Before pressing OK you should specify the settings for your symbol You may want to leave them as is but you should always give
42. Table Tabori Arira e herse e ase ped a A a Mates A E peete etek 27 The Chart T aD ovocpece sess o e herraren aen a a Ea A E e A EAEE E E E E r ele 28 The Pictare Tabiiki n hein e vase hed a E E A A A a a ar 31 The PowerPoint Tabii keiner uero herie KEE EEE e PEET E EEE T irai 32 Whe Help Tal EE E T E E eas tvaen des 33 The Work Are a J 00lbat si 5 ate ibe ten ie letiaididachtalite hie AE EIN R saciid 33 One Click Common Control Buttons 2 0 0 cece cece ceseceseeesecseeeseeesecesesesessaesseecseeeaeenatenas 34 Rulers and Grids eona aaa a a eE o E IE EE OEE EIN ETEA ESAE 34 Undo and Redonne kien ei oaia E EEE Ea sieht EE EI AAEE 36 Storing Two or More Drawings in the Same Document essessesssrserssrsresererrsrrsrerrrsrsresresres 36 Tool Defatilt Settings nestoro eae e estindesens AE E E aea a E ESEE EI Ea E estan ces 36 Exiting SmartDraw 4 oiai e eeo ERAT AE E dd REEE EOE ER EREE 37 The Left Panel 38 The Left Panelci an EA A E terest a TT 38 Searching the Symbol Libraries sscan e a a E E E 41 Opening Symbol Libraries isir ea aaa E AEE GT 44 Explorer Favorites eisernen a E T E E E O T 45 Symbol Explorer Right Mouse Button Menus e sesssssesseesrsresreeresrrereresrrsresresresresresrsresresres 46 Refreshing the Symbol Explorer Tree rnrissicriicini niner 46 Library Previews and On Demand Installation 000 0 ee eee eeeeeeeceeeeeeesseeeaeeeaeeneeeneeeseees 47 Licensed and Unlicensed Content i 2icc c0s2 ccusccecteess
43. The dialog shows the memory RAM required for the exported image If this number exceeds 32 000 most systems will not be able to export the bitmap If you have trouble exporting large bitmaps try shutting down other programs to free up additional memory or reduce the resolution or color depth GIF Export Options When exporting a GIF you have the option to specify a background color that will become transparent when viewed with most web browsers You can also choose SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Publishing To The Web e 211 between interlaced and non interlaced formats Interlaced images display more quickly than non interlaced but take longer to come into focus To set these options click the Transparent button at the bottom of the Export GIF dialog to open the GIF Format Options Dialog GIF Format Options You may export to a GIF file with the following options These will affect the way the image is displayed by Web Browsers Cancel Help Transparency C Treat the current background color as transparent Many web browsers will replace your drawing s background color with the background color of your web page Make all colors opaque Your drawing s background will always retain its own color Interlacing Use interlaced format When they are displayed on the web these images initially appear fuzzy and then come into focus C Use non interlaced format These images are always in focus and display seq
44. These annotations are completely SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Tablet PC e 232 separate from the base drawing and can be turned on and off either on the screen and or for the printed output For normal drawing the stylus is used just like a mouse There are a few new concepts to get used to however Instead of clicking a mouse you tap the stylus on the screen where you want the click to occur Instead of click and drag you position the stylus close to the screen until you see the icon change to a dragging icon then press and drag Instead of right clicking you press and hold the side bar on the stylus then tap where you want the right click to occur Consult your Tablet PC manual for more stylus controls Annotations with the Stylus When you click on the Ink tab the mouse and or stylus will no longer be able to change the base drawing on the page Instead you will be able to add notes highlight areas and draw freehand on top of the base drawing These annotations can be turned on and off anytime without affecting the base drawing This is very helpful for instance if you want to export your drawing without annotations yet retain the annotations for SmartDraw Tap Hide Ink export your document then tap the Ink tab to show the annotations once more Note that if you do not hide the ink before you export the annotations will become an integral part of the drawing in the exported file To print your document wi
45. Thickness The Thickness menu appears under the Line button in the Shape Styles group of the Home tab and it changes the border thickness of a selected shape a Custom The Thickness Menu Dashed Borders SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 76 The Dashes menu appears under the Line button on theShape Styles group of the Home tab You can choose a variety of dashed line styles for a shape border The double line style is also found on this menu The Dashes Menu Changing Texture Properties The Properties and Edit commands in the Select a Texture Dialog box allow you to modify new and existing textures To find this dialog box on the Home tab click Fill then Texture then More Textures The Properties button allows you to permanently change the default settings for the selected texture The Edit button only changes the properties of the current selected object leaving the default texture settings available Using the Properties or Edit button brings up the Set Texture Application Parameters dialog box SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 77 Select a Texture Textures Category Cancel Help Granite amp Marble Grass Metal Paper Paving Stones Wood Cabinetry Wood Flooring Add Category Add Texture Properties Remove Apply with Show texture at 100 of normal size Align texture with Top Left of Document
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48. a new document when the SmartDraw program is already running click the SmartDraw Button in the upper lefthand corner then click New Ctrl N This will opens the Document Browser showing you the SmartTemplates you can use to create a new document SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 13 Bar Chart Stacked SmartTemplates Select a category in the left column Template List and then click on a SmartTemplate thumbnail image in the preview area to open it The new document will open in a new instance of the SmartDraw program window with its own program button in the Windows Taskbar at the bottom of your screen When You Open SmartDraw Usually when you start SmartDraw the Document Browser will show your most recently saved Existing Documents to choose from If you want to create a new document click on a Category on the Template List of the Document Browser window The Document Browser will then display the thumbnails for that Category where you can choose a SmartTemplate to start your new document Closing and Saving Documents Closing Documents SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 14 x You may close the current document by using the Close command on the More menu under the Document tab or by clicking the close button X on the Drawing Area Toolbar Clicking the Close Button X at the top right of the entire program window will exit that instance of the entire program
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51. area When it is in the desired position click once to place it there Add Shapes Standard Shapes gt LJO Rectange Rounded Re Os J TerminateS Diamond RightTrang y E MN Click ona shape above then click inthe work area Ready to stamp a Symbol 2 Drag and Drop To drag and drop a symbol from a library click a symbol icon in the library window hold the mouse button down drag it to the Drawing Area and release Add Shapes Standard Shapes gt C ii J Rectange Rounded Re Circle DS Yd Terminate S Diamond RightTnang Clickona shape above then click inthe workarea Drag and drop a symbol Drawing Lines A You draw lines using the Line Tool in the Tools group of the Home tab To select the type of line click the down arrow and choose from the menu Connect Shapes Line Shape gt J Click here then click on the border ofoneshape and dragto the border ofanother SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 55 A SmartPanel Line Button For some drawing types a customized Add Lines button appears on the custom SmartPanel at the left side of the SmartDraw Program Window and provides a shortcut to this function Based on the drawing type this button may have different default settings so that you can draw lines typical to that type of drawing To draw aline click on the line tool Your cursor becomes a
52. commands represented by buttons and menus The Get Images Group f TEN a 5 ag a d From Picture Open Capture Camere Folder Pictue Web Image Get Images w From Camera Import Images straight from a camera linked to your computer ag Picture Folder Open an entire folder of pictures Bal Open Picture Open one picture Capture Web Image Take a screen shot of a web page SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 31 The Picture Size Group ao Pan amp Crop Trmto Zoom v Shape Picture Size Pan amp Zoom Change your view of the image va Crop Crop your image to remove any unnecessary regions Trim to Shape Cut an image to fit in a shape The Exposure Group Oo 9 Bnghtness Contrast y Exposure Q Brightness Adjust the brightness of the image D Contrast Adjust the contrast of the image The PowerPoint Tab The PowerPoint tab allows you to animate your SmartDraw drawing before it is exported to PowerPoint V Include Animation Export To PowerPoint Export Many SmartDraw templates have an inherent sequence already set to turn this animation off uncheck the Include Animation box available in the Export Group SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started e 32 al Step i z Chart Preview Animation The Animation group allows you to set how your SmartDraw drawing is displayed by allowing you to ap
53. copy of that object in the symbol libraries However you can permanently alter the Attachment Point for a library symbol using the Edit Symbol function accessed by right clicking the symbol in the symbol library You may want to make a copy of the symbol and modify that one so you don t lose the properties of the original See also Modifying Connection Points Linking a Line to a Shape Linking Shapes to Each Other Changing the Settings for a Symbol Modifying Connection Points You can modify the positions the connection points on a shape or symbol already in your drawing using Choose Connection Points dialog box found by selecting the shape and clicking Connection Points in the Design tab Each Connection Point is shown as a small black square and when it is selected it looks like a black circle SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Linking Lines and Shapes 147 Choose Connection Points Select Setting Hint Shapes may have either fixed or infinite connection points Cancel The Default setting is best for most flowcharting since it makes it easy to Help link a line exactly to the center of a shape s side The Continuous setting is the most flexible allowing a line to connect to any point on the border Only shapes with a continuous border may have this setting The Custom setting is useful for defining a limited number of connection points at very specific locations It is often used for
54. copy of your drawing to be shared between several documents When you embed a drawing changing the embedded copy does not change any other copy When you paste an OLE link changing the original drawing changes all the linked copies of that same drawing even if they are in multiple documents See also Editing OLE Objects that have been Inserted into SmartDraw SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs e 216 Inserting Drawings Into PowerPoint Excel and Other Programs Inserting SmartDraw drawings into Microsoft PowerPoint Excel and any other OLE Client programs works exactly as described in the section about Microsoft Word Transferring Objects from Word Excel and other Programs to SmartDraw In addition to being an OLE server SmartDraw is also an OLE Client just like Word PowerPoint Excel etc This means that when you paste images from other programs that are OLE servers such as Word PowerPoint Excel etc into SmartDraw they become embedded or linked OLE objects that can be re opened and edited by their parent programs For example if you paste a graph from Excel into a SmartDraw drawing both the image of the graph and the underlying Excel file structure are stored in the SmartDraw drawing Double clicking on the graph in SmartDraw opens it again in Excel for editing On the SmartDraw page the images you paste from Office behave just like SmartDraw l
55. electrical and other specialized symbols Help C Default Continuous Custom Hold the Ctrl Key down and click to add connection points Use the Delete key to remove them Selected Point X 49 77 Yy 50 00 Use the Arrow keys to move them m Use Ctr 4rrow to change selection Use Snaps Custom The Attachment Point is shown as a small black diamond and when it is selected it looks like a large black diamond Moving the Connection Points You can drag the connection points with the mouse to a new location within the boundaries of the shape or you can type the four arrow keys to move a selected point In the Custom mode the preview shows a grid background You can cause the connection points to snap to the grid as you move them by checking the Use Snaps box Adding and Deleting Connection Points When a point is selected you can delete it by typing the backspace or delete key The Attachment point diamond cannot be deleted You can add a new point by holding Ctrl while you click on the shape Each shape can have a maximum of 16 connection points Holding down Ctrl and using the arrow keys moves the selection from one point to another SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Linking Lines and Shapes 148 Modifying the Connections Points in the Library Modifying the Connection Points for a shape or symbol on your page only modifies that single instance of that object It does not modify the master copy of tha
56. handle which looks like a small circle on a selected object The cursor changes to the rotation shape when positioned over a rotation handle Rotation Handle E C E ou C a A Rotation Handle SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 69 Click on the rotation handle and drag with mouse The shape rotates around its center point Rotate Rotating a Shape When the Snap to Grid feature is turned on the angle of rotation snaps in increments of 15 degrees 15 30 45 and so on The Rotate Command You can also rotate objects using the Rotate command on the Design tab Choose one of the standard options or pick Custom to bring up the Set Rotation Angle Dialog Set Rotation Angle Rotation Clockwise From Horizontal OK Degrees 0 0 Cancel Hep Hint This dialog sets the angle of rotation It Help does not add to it For example to return an object to the unrotated position set the angle to 0 00 Set Rotation Angle Dialog Rotating Multiple Objects The rotation command will affect all selected objects This allows you to rotate a group of objects all at once When you have selected several objects the angle shown by default in the Set Rotation Angle dialog is the one associated with the last object selected known as the Target Object if that object has already been rotated This allows you to align the any number of objects to match the angle of another object
57. misspelled word shows a menu with alternative spellings and other commands Michel Mic el Mice Michele Micelle B Ignore All Wp Add Auto Correct gt Spelling Right clicking on a misspelled word If you select one of the alternative spellings the word is replaced with this selection The other commands Ignore All Ignores the word for this session Add Adds the word to your user dictionary so that it is considered correct in all future sessions Auto Correct Adds the word to your user dictionary along with the misspelling so that if you use that misspelling again SmartDraw will correct it for you automatically Spelling This shows the The Check Spelling Dialog box The Check Spelling Dialog You can check the spelling of an entire document or just the selected text or objects interactively using the Check Spelling Dialog SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Texte 100 You can reach this Dialog by clicking the SmartDraw Button selecting Spellcheck and then clicking on Check Spelling Now When you use this command to check spelling interactively either the selected range of text or the selected object s is checked first You are then given the opportunity to continue to correct spelling in the rest of the document Check Spelling Not in Dictionary Ignore _ a Ignore All Suggestions Add a it el z Change ice Ch All Add
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59. of an existing table on your page by choosing Format Table from the Table tab This opens the Format Table dialog box which functions just like the Convert Shape to Table Dialog Box Adding Table Formats of Your Own When you use the Format Table command to modify an existing table the new resulting format is added to the Table list and shown in the dialog as Current Settings Adding Text to Tables By default table cells are opened for text editing with just one click of the mouse You can change this for a selected table by selecting Text Entry in the Shape Properties group of the Design tab SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables e 116 If you created your table by converting an existing shape then by default double clicking is required for text entry This can be changed to a single click using the Text Entry command in the Shape Properties group of the Design tab Text entry in a table cell behaves exactly the same way as text entry in a standard rectangular shape Preventing Changes to Text in Table Cells Sometimes you may want to prevent text in a cell from being changed or to prevent text being entered into a cell at all This is common in forms where you may want to lock a text label while leaving the adjacent cell open for the user to type in You can prevent text editing on a cell by cell basis using the Text Editing command in the Table tab The setting will be applied to any highlighted cells
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61. opt to insert a New Drawing the last type you picked from the Create New Document screen in SmartDraw is created by default Drag and Drop You can also drag selected parts of a drawing from SmartDraw into Word or other office programs Unless you hold down the Ctrl key while you do this the selection will be deleted from the drawing after it is transferred to Word This conforms to the standard Windows conventions See also Understanding OLE Object Linking and Embedding Understanding OLE Object Linking and Embedding Because Word and all Office Programs is an OLE Client and SmartDraw is an OLE Server Word stores all of the SmartDraw drawing information in its document when you paste not just the picture you see This is called Embedding A copy of your SmartDraw drawing is embedded in the Word document If you double click on the SmartDraw drawing in Word it will re open in SmartDraw and you can edit it An alternate way of transferring a SmartDraw drawing to Word is to Copy the drawing in SmartDraw and then paste an OLE Link using Word s Paste Special command If you choose to paste a link the picture you see is transferred to Word along with the name of the SmartDraw file it came from but not the entire SmartDraw file itself If you double click on the linked SmartDraw drawing in Word it opens the original SmartDraw file allowing you to edit it just as with an embedded drawing OLE Linking is useful if you want just one
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64. pencil Click down in the drawing area drag the mouse to draw the line and release After drawing the line you can use the black selections handles on it to adjust its shape The Line Tool contains seven types of lines Straight Line A Straight Line can be drawn at any angle but it will snap to perfectly horizontal or vertical directions if drawn close to these directions If you want a line just a few degrees off from horizontal or vertical you can use the Rotate command on the Arrange group to specify its angle precisely Note lines snap to the Grid just as shapes do For more information see Using Grid Snaps Curved Line f ACurved Line connects any two points with an are of a circle After drawing the curved line the degree of curvature can be adjusted using the special handle at its center and its endpoints can be positioned using the handles there Adjusting the curvature of a Curved Line Shape Connector Line T The Shape Connector is designed to connect two objects It attaches itself perpendicularly to each object and travels from point A to point B in straight SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 56 segments with 90 degree turns Don t worry if it flops around while you re drawing it When you finally anchor it it will fall neatly into place A Shape Connector Line connecting two shapes For the segmented line to attach properly you must have Allow Lines to Link turned on in th
65. point where you want that segment to end and click again Continue this process adding a new segment for each point that you click 2 Drawing with the Polygon Tool You can terminate the drawing operation by clicking with the right mouse button typing the Escape Key or by double clicking If you double click the end of your line is automatically joined to the beginning to make a closed shape If you right click or hit Escape the ends of the line are not automatically joined unless you specifically click on the starting point of the line o o 2 N N l 5 w A Closed Shape and a Freeform Line Each segment in the line or shape you draw with the Polygon tool is initially a straight line with a diamond shaped adjustment handle in the center If you click on the adjustment handle you can drag the segment to become a parabolic curve You can also click on the square growth handles at the end of each segment and change the shape of your object Using these handles and some of the SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines e 183 additionaloutline modification properties you can draw just about any kind of shape or line oe eee Using the Adjustment Handles The Freehand Line Tool Ao The Freehand Line tool draws a line or shape consisting of a smooth continuous line Using this tool is like drawing with a pen Select the Freehand Line from the Line Tool menu on the Drawing Area Toolbar
66. reverse of inserting a segment Alternatively you can remove a control point the black square at the junction of two segments by selecting it with a Ctrl click and typing the Delete Key 2 Border Color gt F Change Segment Shape d fap Add Control Point Ctrl Click i Split Into Two Lines Changing the Shape of Line Segments When you right click on a line segment in a freeform shape you can modify the shape of that segment by choosing from the list of four shapes under Change Line Segment Shape Parabola Circular Arc Quarter of an Ellipse Line All freeform shape outlines are made up of these four basic types of line segments Curves drawn with the freeform drawing tools are made of parabolas by default Outlines drawn with the other line types may consist of any combination of these types SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines e 190 A Freeform Shape Using Circular Arcs Quarter ellipses are good for making 90 degree curves Edit Shape b Outline Editing Shapes Using Quarter Ellipses Changing a Freeform Shape Back to a Line When a shape is already in the outline editing mode right clicking on it reveals the Split Into Two Lines command This breaks the closed shape into a line shaped exactly like the shape was deleting any text it may contain and removing any properties such as fill color unique to closed shapes Shortcuts for Editing Shape Outlines T
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68. s important to create your template by starting with the right type of drawing that you want to create with it in the future so that those saved settings are appropriate For example if you want to use the custom template to create Org Charts start with an Org Chart SmartTemplate in the first place to create it Defining Your Own Menu Colors If you choose More Fill Colors from any SmartDraw color menu you ll see the Color Dialog which allows you to choose from any of the 16 million possible Windows colors Hue E Red fisz Sat rE Green 165 el Lum 150 Blue 154 Help Cancel The Color Dialog SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Customizing SmartDraw e 240 You can define a custom color using the slider control to set the brightness and dragging the crosshair in the window to select the hue Your currently defined color shows in the Color Solid box Alternatively you can enter an explicit RGB or HSL value for the color in the designated fields Once you have specified your custom color click OK to apply it to the selected object in your drawing After you define a new color it appears in the Recent Colors section in the color menus so that you can quickly access to it for future use Defining Your Own Gradient Fills You can create your own custom gradient fill colors On the Home tab click Fill then Gradient then More Gradients This opens the Gradient Fill Dialog where you can choose from one o
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70. scaled drawings See Changing the Settings for a Symbol Removing a Symbol from a Library You can remove a symbol from a library by right clicking on it in the library window and then selecting Remove Symbol Changing the Settings of Symbols in a Library You can permanently change the settings properties of a symbol in a library by right clicking on the symbol and choosing Edit Symbol from the right click menu See Changing the Settings for a Symbol Automatic vs Metafile Symbols Symbol Types There are two types of symbols in the SmartDraw Symbol libraries Automatic and Metafile Automatic symbols are native SmartDraw objects such as the standard shapes found on the Home Tab Metafile symbols are images in Enhanced Metafile Format EMF or Windows Metafile format WMF Both types have similar properties when added to a SmartDraw document They can be rotated flipped colored typed into and manipulated in many of the same ways But only automatic symbols have all the special properties of the native SmartDraw shapes including the ability to be decomposed into freeform shapes SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 170 Changing the Settings for a Symbol Each SmartDraw symbol has dozens of properties that you can customize using the Edit Symbol dialog You can open this dialog for any symbol by right clicking on that symbol in an open library window not in the work area and choosing Edit Sy
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72. stylus A couple of seconds after you stop writing the Tablet PC will perform an Optical Character Recognition OCR on what was just written The results will be entered into the text box Additional writing will be appended to any text already in the text box For instance if you add a text box by tapping on the A Text Tool on the Home tab and tap the stylus on the page where you want the text to begin you will get a blank text box that looks like Using the Tablet Pen try printing 123 inside the text box as shown on the left below After a couple of seconds the drawing should disappear and 123 should be entered into the box as seen in the example on the right 4s fo OCR usually works well when it comes to interpreting numbers from letters For instance if you print IDEAL like the example on the left below the result should look like the example on the right SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Tablet PC e 234 DEALT You can also print lower case letters as shown in the example on the left below to get the result shown on the right You can also write words as shown in the example on the left below to get the result shown on the right Ideal The same type of text box is used for any objects that have fields where text can be entered When you tap outside of the text box the large box will disappear and the text will appear inside the proper text field of the object For example if you are creating an Or
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74. symbol to be 1 0 meter and you add the symbol to a drawing with a ruler scale of 1 0 meter to the inch the symbol will be drawn 1 0 inch long on the screen However if you add the symbol to a different drawing with a scale of 0 1 meters to the inch the symbol will be drawn 10 inches long Scale to Ruler Settings is useful for drawing scaled drawings like floor plans Grow The four Grow settings in the Edit Symbol dialog control the way you can resize the symbol These settings are inactive for Automatic symbols Proportional drawings have only four growth handles one at each corner and maintain their proportions when re sized Horizontal Only symbols have two growth handles and can be re sized only horizontally Vertical Only symbols have two grow handles and can be re sized only vertically No restrictions allows the symbol to grow in all directions without maintaining its proportions These symbols have the usual 8 growth handles on the four sides and four corners SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 172 You can change these settings for a single instance of a symbol that is already on your page by clicking on the Dialog Launcher for the Shape Properties group on the Design tab Doing this will not change the master copy of that symbol in the library Enter Text Using the Text settings in the Edit Symbol dialog you can change the way text appears in a symbol This text can be Inside the symbol as in
75. tab Or visit the SmartDraw support web page and click the link that says Free Updates hitp www smartdraw com support updates htm SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Technical Support and Troubleshooting 247 How to Order SmartDraw How to Order SmartDraw When your trial period expires you can continue working by purchasing the full version of SmartDraw which will replace your Trial Edition Any drawings you created with the Trial Edition will be preserved and you can open them with the full version SmartDraw offers deep discounts for multiple copy purchases and multi seat licenses For more information please visit http www smartdraw com buyinfo volume index htm Learn more about the various options for purchasing SmartDraw by choosing a topic below Activation Order Online Order by Phone Order By Fax or Mail Order Internationally Activation You can activate your trial version of SmartDraw by clicking the Buy button on the Buy tab and purchasing the full program Clicking this button enables you to conduct a secure online purchase that activates your trial copy Activation means there s no need to download anything further or wait for any media to arrive to continue working You simply make your purchase and pick up where you left off SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide How to Order SmartDraw e 248 Activation removes all restrictions on printing and editing and removes any
76. table preserves its row and column arrangement along with font alignment and other text attributes You can even paste the table data from SmartDraw into another program such as an Excel spreadsheet or Word table and it will retain its tabular format The reverse also works Pasting tabular data from another program into a SmartDraw table preserves the row and column arrangements of the data placing each field in its appropriate cell This allows data from spreadsheets and other programs that generate tabular data to be formatted as a table in SmartDraw Changing the Appearance of a Table To change the cell color pattern borders or grid lines in a table select the desired cells rows or columns and then use the commands in the Table Style group on the Table tab To change the appearance of text in table cells select the cells and then use the commands the Home tab SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables e 125 Selecting the entire object the overall shape containing a table implicitly selects all the cells and Grid Lines in the table and any changes to the properties apply to the entire table Note that to change the Grid Lines you use the commands on the Table menu but to change the border of the entire selected table its bounding object you use the Line button on the Home tab Line Linking In Tables Lines can be linked to table cells a feature particularly useful in creating Gantt Charts and Timelines w
77. textures found under the menu you can import any image of your own to create a custom texture using Add Texture in the Select a Texture dialog box See Changing Texture Properties SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 75 ZA Hatch patterns fill a shape will a pattern of monochrome lines or dots The color of the hatch matches the shape border color and is set by the Line command on the Design tab See Changing the Appearance of Shape Borders Quick Styles LJ You can quickly change the fill and other properties of a shape all at once by choosing one of the ready made Quick Styles shown in the left part of the Design tab Changing the Appearance of Shape Borders Shapes have a border around their edge The color and style of the border are set using the Line command on the Design tab The border can be filled with color or texture just like a shape Its style may be dotted dashed or solid double lined in a choice of several different thicknesses When the thickness is changed the borders grow towards the center of the shape Shapes may have no border None These shapes must have a different fill color from the background or they will not be visible Border Fills The fill color and texture of a border behave just like the fill of a shape but they apply to the inside of the shape border itself See Changing the Appearance of Shapes for a description of fill properties Border
78. that contain embedded periods should have trailing periods e g U S A is OK but USA is not Delete Word This causes the word appearing in the Words box to be removed from the currently selected dictionary The associated Action and Other Word are also removed Files This contains the list of open dictionary files When you select a dictionary file from the list its contents are displayed in the Words list Add File This opens a user dictionary file When you select the Add File button a dialog appears which you can use to select the dictionary file to open The set of open dictionary files is remembered so once you add a dictionary file you don t need to add it again If you need to create a new user dictionary use the New button You can open other applications user dictionary files including those of Microsoft Office Your Office user dictionary is usually called custom dic Search for this file and add it to the file list and you can share a common list of your personal words with SmartDraw Remove File SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 106 This closes the currently selected dictionary file Closed dictionaries are not checked during a spelling check Although the file is closed it is not deleted Closed dictionary files can be later reopened using the Add File button New File This creates a new user dictionary file When you select the New button a dialog appears which you can us
79. the new library Garden Tools will be created in this category and will appear there as an icon in the symbol Explorer Tree If you choose to generate a tree of libraries by selecting Convert all of the files in this folder s subfolders into multiple libraries in STEP 2 the whole tree will be added to the category you choose STEP 4 Select the Symbol Properties You can also specify the properties of the symbols in the new library by clicking on the Properties button in STEP 4 This displays the Set Symbol Properties Dialog Set Symbol Properties Preferred Size Use Fixed Size Scale to Ruler Settings Change colors Checking this box will allow zeel Healer you to change the colors Cancel of borders and shapes Grow Enter Text using the Shape menu Help Below This may not work for Proportionally some user created C Horizontally only C Above symbols P Help f C Vertically only No text ea Kae teal C No restrictions Set Symbol Properties Dialog SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 180 You can choose how the symbols will grow where text will be attached to it and whether it will resoond to color changes These settings are explained in more detail in the Changing the Settings for a Symbol section STEP 5 Convert the Files The final step is to press the Convert Files button to begin the conversion process You can watch the libraries being built symbol by symbol
80. the order of the symbols in the library by dragging them in the order you want to a new library Sorting Library Symbols If you drag a symbol from one library to another it will enter the symbol sequence in the position where you drop it SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries 176 If you drag an object from a drawing directly into a library it will appear at the end of the symbols sequence You can rearrange the order of the symbols in a library by holding the Ctrl key while dragging them with the mouse from one location to another Creating a New Symbol Library You can create your own symbol libraries by clicking the SmartDraw Button and clicking Create Library under Library This opens the Create a New Symbol Library dialog Create a New Symbol Library Name OK Choose 4 name for the library My Library Cancel Help Category Select a category or folder for the library or create a new one Select Create a new category The Create a New Symbol Dialog Your library will be saved in the My Symbols folder in the Symbol Explorer Tree which appears in the left side of the More Symbols dialog This is the dialog you see when you Browse for more symbols using the More command of a Library Selector Maps Marketing Charts Ia S My Library 5 Network Design Office You can create a sub category in My Symbols by selecting the Create New Category button The subcategory appears
81. the standard toolbar shapes or Above or Below it The fourth choice No text means that the symbol will not allow text entry at all If Enter Text Inside is selected in the Edit Symbol dialog four margin lines appear on the symbol Image window These lines set the boundaries of the text area You should adjust them to keep your text inside the symbol You can adjust the text margin lines by clicking on the square handles at either end or dragging By default the lines are set to create the smallest text entry area possible Drag them to expand it but keep the text area inside the boundaries of the symbol When text is entered Above or Below the symbol the margin lines are ignored The Text settings are inactive for Automatic symbols Changing the Way Symbols Attach to Lines In the Edit Symbol dialog you can adjust the Attachment Point where the symbol would be attached to a line if placed on top of one The attachment point looks like a hollow diamond usually in the center of the symbol You can use the Across and Down settings to place it by specifying a percentage from the top left of the shape Or you can manually drag the attachment point with the mouse Grouped symbols cannot have Attachment Points See also Modifying Connection Points Adjusting Connection Points in the Image Window The image window in the Edit Symbol dialog shows the symbol image against a grid of green lines A dotted border shows the edges of the rectangle t
82. the symbols a unique name For details on symbol settings see Changing the Settings for a Symbol Entire groups or arrangements of objects can be stored and retrieved in libraries as one unit so you can use symbol libraries as a scrapbook for pieces of diagrams you might want to reuse Adding a Symbol from Another Program to a Library You can use almost any Windows drawing program to create a new symbol You first need to Copy the symbol to the clipboard in the other program using its Copy command Then paste it on your page in SmartDraw and drag it to an open symbol library in the left panel Images from other programs cannot have Automatic settings See Changing the Settings for a Symbol Transferring Symbols between Libraries Copying a symbol from one library to another is a simple drag and drop procedure Open the two libraries that you want to copy symbols between Place the symbol you want to copy on the page and then drag it into the other library Alternately you can make one of the libraries float by right clicking in its background and choosing Detach Library Then simply drag the symbol with the mouse from one library window to the other Lay When releasing the mouse would result in copying the symbol to another library the cursor will change to the Drop Library Symbol cursor You can use this feature to collect the symbols you use most often into one or two libraries for easy access You can also use it to sort
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84. this License the Inspection Such Inspection may be conducted by use of remote software monitoring tools During the course of the Inspection SmartDraw com or its designee will not access any information other than the number of computers running the Product and the version number of the Product All information and materials shall be treated as confidential and will not be shared with any third parties without your written consent FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF CLIPART SYMBOLS TEMPLATES PHOTO OBJECTS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide SmartDraw License Agreement e 259 This Product contains numerous clipart symbols templates and photo images collectively referred to as the Images which are either owned by SmartDraw com or its licensors As a user of this Product you are free to use modify and publish the Images as part of your own work product subject to all of the restrictions set out below and elsewhere herein and any additional conditions described in the credits dialog of certain symbol libraries If you are uncertain as to whether your intended use is in compliance with the Guidelines set out below we recommend that you seek the advice of your own attorney or legal counsel SmartDraw com will not provide you with an opinion as to whether your use is in compliance with these Guidelines A YOU MAY subject to any restrictions set out below and elsewhere herein 1 incorporate any Image
85. with its own unique set of symbol libraries Symbol Library Windows A symbol library appears in a window containing icons that represent various symbols An open symbol library window can appear in three different locations on your screen Asmall group in the SmartPanel Docked in the Left Panel the normal position Asa Floating Window Libraries in the SmartPanel Diagram types that typically require the use of symbols and shapes have a Symbol Library Gallery in their SmartPanel so this is the Library you will likely use most often This Gallery will be customized to fit the specific needs of the diagram type For example the Flowcharts Gallery has buttons along the bottom for adding a linked shape above below to the left or to the right of the selected shape SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 166 Build Landscape Add Shapes Pa Festues Plant Group PlantGroup_ Plant Group pek gt a Plant Group Plant Group EE SS NS ae e Plant Group Furnitue Moe gt A DA Oy RP 2 V NS Flowchan A Process StawEnd Alternate Pr_ Decision Data Input_ Document w 6o 90o 0 Add Left Add Right Add Above Add Below Some Galleries have Library Selector Drop Menus at the top such as Flowcharts although most galleries do not have the buttons along the bottom while others have Library Selector Buttons such a
86. 9 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 50 BCG Matrix SmartT emplates BCG Matrix BCG Matrix Blank BCG Matix 1 Blank BCG Matrix 2 Car Models Deployment Charts SmartT emplates Blank Deployment Chart Landscape Blank Deployment Chart Portrait Group Sculpture Project The thumbnail images are divided into subcategories one above another You can view the thumbnail subcategories by scrolling down the thumbnail list SmartTemplates vs Examples Some of these thumbnail images represent true SmartTemplates which are starting points for making drawings Others are Examples which are educational illustrations of finished diagrams You can open and modify the examples exactly as if they were drawings you created You may find that some examples are similar enough to the drawings you want to make that you can use them as starting points See also Creating Custom SmartTemplates See also Searching for SmartTemplates See also Smartlemplate Favorites SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 51 Searching for SmartTemplates You can search for SmartTemplates and Examples which we will collectively call templates using the Template Search Box at the top of the Document Brower Typing a word into this box and clicking on the Search button or pressing Enter searches all of your templates for those that match that keyword Search 4 My SmartDraw Docu
87. BMP PC PaintBrush PCX GIF JPG PNG TIFF Vector vs Bitmap Files Vector formats consist of mathmatically defined lines and curves that can be resized without degradation They retain their sharpness when they are scaled or printed SmartDraw s native objects are vector objects Bitmaps are patterns of dots They consume large amounts of memory and often become jagged or unattractive when resized Bitmaps are commonly used in web pages but otherwise they are not the best format for transferring SmartDraw drawings to other programs Instead vector formats like Windows Metafile format the original 16 bit Windows metafile format and the Enhanced Metafile format 32 bit revision of the WMF format are almost universally shared among Windows programs and are a much better choice for sharing SmartDraw drawings SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs 230 Tablet PC Introduction When SmartDraw is installed on a Tablet PC or Tablet enabled computer the Main Toolbar will have additional features to make better use of the Tablet PC stylus The rest of the user interface appears the same as the rest of this manual How you use those features however may be accomplished in different ways when using a Tablet PC stylus There are many varieties of Tablet enabled computers on the market The type of stylus they use however does not vary all that much For instance some
88. Changing the Front to Back Order Attaching Text to Lines You can attach text directly to lines and it remains attached when you move the line Simply select a line and begin typing A Background Text Object will be created and attached to the line typically in the center You can set the orientation of the text by choosing Direction on the Home tab Horizontally pine Text attached to a line To change the position of the text on the line use the Text Alignment commands on the Home tab SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 94 Left Top Center Top Right Top Right Center Left Center _ Center Center Left Bottom Center Bottom Right Bottom Text Alignment and Lines You can change the alignment while either the line or the text is selected By default text lying centered on the line has an opaque background that hides the line underneath When text is added below or above the line the text is given a transparent background so that the line shows through You can show the line through the text by selecting the text object itself and changing its fill color to transparent using the Fill button on the Home tab Setting the Text Position for Imported Objects Similarly to lines imported objects can have text attached to them and it can be placed in various positions You use the Text Alignment command to position it the same way you do for lines You simply selec
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90. Lf Straight Line ie Curved Line T Shape Connector S Curved Connector Rae O Polygon Line c Wall Then click in the drawing area to start your line Draw with the mouse while holding the left button down as if you were using a pen You can make sharp corners or smooth curves To stop drawing release the mouse button Continue this process adding a new segment for each point that you click Drawing with the Freehand Line Tool SmartDraw automatically smoothes the line you draw to fit a series of curved line segments To draw straight line segments hold down the Shift Key while you draw Releasing the key restores the pen to its continuous drawing mode SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines e 184 If you return to your starting point the line will join to create a closed shape which can be filled with color like the other geometric shapes available on the toolbar Joining Freeform Lines to Each Other You ve seen that the Freeform line tools can be used to draw continuous lines or even closed shapes But what if you have an existing line already on the page that you want to join not link to another to create a continuous line Or to close a shape Or if you want to use one of the other line tools straight line curved line etc to draw a closed shape For existing lines or non freeform lines to be able to join continuously or create close shapes you must turn on Allow Lines
91. Objects Within a Layer eee ceceeeceeeceseceeeeseeeseeeseeeaeeesessseesaes 143 Linking Lines and Shapes 143 Linking ja Line tora Shapes 3 c00 stiece diode tescnvhed nein es he da balay R OR 143 Shape Connection Points seisena ienee eeneud Savihe od coveeb ag EA EE R E NORE 145 Modifying Connection Points ainera a eer che hevsipnte Hohe eae ae aioe 147 Linked Targets and Linked Objects eee eee eeeeseceseceseseeeteeeaeenseceseceaeceeeseseesseesaeesaes 149 Turning Linking On and Officeen aaea dedea sa e a ea a Ea 150 Linking Shapes to Limes osirsseriosieiioiees ienris iiin seia arias E a RE E E 150 Linking Shapes to Each Other s str irienn eir iee n aii eN EE a E EE 152 Linking Shapes to Shape Borders sssessseesesssesestssrsresresresresrssrrsrerenresrentesrentnerenresesrenreseene 152 Linking Lines to Each Other cositor oriire eiaeiiai E A A EAE E 152 Joming Lines to Each OtheTaociecniciieie ieioea ti e iaire E batbounds 153 Automatic Connector Lines 154 SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide e4 Using Automatic Connector Lines isr a ie iai asii 154 Changing an Automatic Connector s Shape seseessssssessrsresrsreerssrsresrestesresrentrsrssrnsrsresrestes 155 Adding Objects to an Automatic COnnector ssessssseesseeresrsrestesrsrtssrsrestesresreerenrssrsresrestenes 156 Adjusting Automatic Connector Spacing ssessessersressesresesrsstesrsrtsrestestestesteerenensrsrenreseenes 157 Changing an Automatic
92. Org Chart Export Exporting creates a text file with tab indented hierarchy commas as field separators and a line break CR LF at the end of each record Each position box in the chart produces one record Field Names are exported to the first record of the text file if any box in the chart has visible field names All data fields are exported with the following exceptions If a field was globally hidden on import it will be invisible in the chart but appended as the last field in each record on export If a box contains multiple rows of text with line breaks CR LF between rows each row will be exported as a separate field as if it were in a table cell If the text is simply one long string wrapped into several rows it will export as one field Empty table cells fields are exported as a delimiter If a box contains no text and no table it is skipped If a document contains two or more separate org charts separate Automatic Connector trees only one will be exported at a time either a the chart containing an object that is selected or b if nothing is selected the chart that was created first SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Automatic Connector Lines e 165 Symbol Libraries Symbol Library Windows SmartDraw contains hundreds of Symbol Libraries ready made collections of shapes objects and graphics that you can add to your drawings Each type of drawing flowcharts maps calendars etc comes
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94. Select x C Landscape m Options r Page Margins Inches I Print on One is Scaleuptofitpage Left 0 50 Right 0 50 Print to Scale z Top 0 50 Bottom 0 50 Print the Grid Print Page Footers F Use the minimum margins for this printer Allow 1 6 overlap between each page when printing on multiple pages Network m Print to Large Format Use a SmartDraw Printing Partner to produce and distribute professionally printed presentations bound documents large format posters and high volume orders Print to Large Format The Page Setup Dialog Printer Settings The printer assigned to a particular drawing may be either the Default or a Specific printer You select the Name of the printer using the drop down list The Default printer is the one currently specified in the Windows Control Panel If the printer assigned to a drawing is set to the default its assigned printer changes to the new default each time you change the default printer in Windows either by using the Control Panel or by moving the drawing to a different computer New drawings are set to the default printer when they are created SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing 203 If you assign a Specific non default printer to that drawing then the next time you print that drawing the same printer will be selected If this printer is no longer available you are prompted to select another See S
95. SmartDraw User s Guide Version 2009 SmartDraw com SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 8 Welcome to SmiartDraw sscssci neintensa eo i dt E AEE A EA E E ERA 8 Installing SmartDraw ccissccccusedecesns stecvechs seeseuecseunevvbersteuscnectoctesenseussescbevtbensdauasesdedessandsueseesverbye 8 Installing SmartDraw on a Network 00 eee ceceeeeeseceneceseceseeseeeseeeseceseseseseeecseeeaesnaeseeeeneeeaeens 9 The Document Browser ex s sseccseisbeet sockets ccuctus tue i E casebace yeep ha ssceve E R 10 Getting Helpite i E ayuda ae seared dihats E tiles ba REEE EERE 11 Creating a New Document eraris i arin aeoe a E EE ET E A a ai 13 Closing and Saving Documents eee eesceeseeesececeesceeseeeseceseceecceeseeeseesseesaesssesseeseseaeenatenas 14 Documents and Window 0 cceseeseseseesscesecesecesecececseeeseeesecesecsaeceaecseecseesseceaeseaesnaesneeeeeeaeens 16 Right Mouse Button Menus sescano eneren n eher a ae a ee et aE Ea SS 16 The Main Eoolbat erreen a e a a ia EEEE e EEE ASS 16 The SmartPanel ss seien e oo cass isthe N aa E a AE E A a a is 17 The SmartDraw BUIO kei arene ea a a e A EEEE E T eke 18 The Home Tabra asst roe Sh seecssonheelsetatbes a tel tese een AE E cesenete P Sae a eke 19 Phe DIIT n0 E 1 o AAAA I AERE AAA AAE TERE EN AEAEE AS T 22 The Insert Taboeiro e hei n a a a a a a A a betes sas a Beaks 24 The Page Tab Sodien u herin aren ao a a i A E a A weaves E E E r thats 25 The
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97. Tab Key icci3 3 csts doth avin ieee ste EN av seeped eles 94 Attaching Next to Eimesis5 nin isthe Sete heten E alate Madea 94 Changing Text Fonts Sizeand Styles ro A hie Neen otic Slee aoc 95 Changing Text Colors n r a E E EN ES 96 The Global Default Font ssssencsiseinieren tnin iner roie A E E E E 97 Object Shrinking Due to Deleting Text eee ceccseceneceseeesecesesseeeseeeseeeaeceeeseetaeenatenas 98 Inserting Text Symbols isa c ccyssess bsccsceessvvsccevsee de cey coud cesteus cb ovtesa chutes os E EEEE NENES 98 Special Characters osissa ioni iope E a EEEE ASEE EA EENE EEES 99 Bulleted Texters srn i gaie o iste E E E AREA eos een eee 99 Real Time Spelling C rrection i sssini i eit N E ENEE ii 99 The Check Spelling Dialog nestesnsieieei ire ienas e E A E ESAS 100 Selecting a Spelling Language isror irian E E E R AA 103 The Spelling Dictionaries wisessssnrenerorii ieste in EA E pebedbaeuneeusconevs 104 Spellings OptioNSisrcss sessir decsvouaet eubedhees sutusaee EAEE EE SEEE E RANTE aS 108 Find and Replace vests st suce vcetiehetectst En n EA Aa NEE EE E aS 110 Using Tables 112 What are Table tni cnionie eis ornaiien a era EEEE AE N EE ELE NE 112 Adding Tables to a DraWih gsis ritesi e iena a a a a a ie i pa iia Eiai 113 Converting a Shape toa Table iesscscsssiecl cunstsecaseted n riai naiean a sh oaei a aeaiia 114 Converting a Table to Text 2 cs sesscciecessiedl sisisi ss ivis reo eea iee rea E OTA EEEE RENN 115 Table Rows
98. The text entry areas are separated by Grid Lines so the table looks something like a spreadsheet Normal Shape SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables 112 Entry Area 1 Entry Area 2 Entry Area 3 Table Each text entry area or cell acts like a separate shape as far as text entry is concerned Each cell can have its own text alignment and background color and the text inside shrinks or grows independently of other cells Adding Tables to a Drawing Hi You can add a new table to your drawing by clicking Insert Table on the Table tab This displays the Table Gallery containing nine ready made table configurations plus a Define option to define your own table ao 2x4 Wea 3x4 4x2 4x3 4x4 Ta Define Insert Table Menu Clicking one of the ready made options inserts a table of that type into your drawing Clicking Define opens the Add New Table dialog box where you can specify your own custom table parameters SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables 113 Add New Table Select a Table Format Simple Grid Simple Columns Simple Rows Cancel Headings with Grid Headings with Columns Columns 1 Help Columns 2 Left Align Photo Preview OK Parameters Number of Rows fa Number of Columns 3 r Do not include any of the text shown when applying this format The Add New Table Dialog The Add New Table Dialog shows a list of pre defined table format
99. This has the same effect as the equivalent command on the Page tab Set the position of 0 on the rulers the origin You can set the origin the zero point of the rulers by specifying the distance from the top left corner of the page Alternatively you can set the origin manually by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking the ruler at your desired zero point or by double clicking the ruler at that point Double clicking in the small square at the top left where the rulers intersect resets the origin back to the top left Ruler Guides SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing e 199 Clicking in a ruler displays a temporary dotted line called a Guide which follows the position of the cursor This can be used to measure the position of an object in the drawing or to see if two objects are aligned Clicking in the upper left corner where the two rulers meet and then dragging the cursor into the drawing area displays two of these lines as a cross hair guide Snaps The Snaps setting at the bottom of this dialog controls the way objects align themselves with the grid In some types of drawings like flowcharts center snapping is best while in others like floor plans edge snapping is best By default the snaps are set appropriately based on the type of drawing template you opened so change them with caution Coordinates in Status Bar The Status Bar in the lower right corner of the document window displa
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101. a inside The Standard Shapes available from the Shape Tool on the Home tab and closed shapes drawn with the Polygon Line and Freehand Line tools on the Drawing Area Toolbar are all considered Shapes The Home tab contains commands to change the fill color fill texture and border style of selected shapes on the page The Fill Command The Fill command changes the fill color or texture inside a selected shape This fill will then become the default for any new shape added to the page Imported digital images and library symbols that are not re colorable are not affected by fill color SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 74 Recent Colors Theme Colors i Standard Colos Transparency 99999930008 amp More Fill Colors D Gradient z Texture d ZA Hatch gt The Fill Menu Z The fill color can be transparent which means that the background of the drawing shows through the shape Note To select a shape with a transparent fill you must click on its border You can also pick from any of the 16 million colors supported by Windows using the More Fill Colors command on the Fill menu Ld The Gradient Fill creates a fill color that grades smoothly from one color to another If you want to create a custom gradient fill see Defining Your Own Gradient Fills A Fill Texture can be a pattern or image such as a photograph In addition to the ready made
102. aders in a table are frequently a series of numbers months or days SmartDraw can create these series for you automatically with the AutoFill command on the More menu of the Table tab AutoFill Table C Days of the Week Cancel C Date Range Month Day Help C Months C Years C Constant Parameters Starting Value f Ending Value 6 Prefix Increment f Number of Values fe Suffix Insert C Insert across the row f Down the column The AutoFill Dialog To use Autofill you must have first selected a row column or cell in the table to indicate where you want the fill to take place SmartDraw will automatically enter the series of number days etc across a range of rows or columns beginning with the first selected cell There are six types of Autofills Numbers Days of the Week Date Range Month Day Months Years or a Constant value For Days of the Week and Months the sequence can begin at any value and it repeats until the Number of Values is reached A checkbox lets you choose between full and abbreviated names for the days or months A preview appears showing the current selections For years and other series of numbers a prefix and or suffix can be added to the Autofill values The radio button at the bottom of the dialog box indicates whether to insert the series across the row containing the currently selected cell or down its column SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables e 128 Ad
103. al text insertion cursor which you can drag to highlight parts of the text for making changes See also Selecting Multiple Objects For special instructions on selecting text in Table Cells see Selecting Table Cells Selecting Multiple Objects There are four ways to select several objects at one time 1 Hold the Shift Key down while clicking on each object in turn with the normal selection tool 2 Choose the Multiple Selection Tool in the Select Drop Menu in the Home tab and click on a series of objects one after another to select them all Clicking in the background of the drawing cancels the Multiple Selection session 3 Trace an imaginary box around the group of objects with the mouse Click in an empty area of the page hold the mouse button down and drag the mouse until the dotted box encloses the objects you want to select Then release All of the objects inside the box will be selected SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 61 Boxing with mouse o EE All objects selected Holding the Shift key down while drawing the box adds the enclosed objects to any existing selection Boxing sometimes called rubber banding is useful for deleting unwanted objects from your page Simply trace a box around the area you want to delete and then press the delete key 4 Select All On the Home tab choose Select and choose to select a all the Lines in a drawing b all the Shap
104. an object to establish a new default Themes b ez mm e nm BS BD C_ Theme The Theme group on the Home tab allows you to apply a coordinated professional looking visual style to your entire document all at once ail 4 SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 86 A Theme specifies the colors and textures of the background shapes borders lines text and shadows in the document Built In 5rass Contrast Coppe EJ Greyscale Hellum fault Magnesiut Neon a Categones gt The Theme Gallery Clicking the lowest arrow on the right side of the Theme group on the Home tab displays the Theme gallery To select a Theme click on its thumbnail icon in the Theme gallery You can also click on one of the three thumbnails disolayed in the group See also Overriding Themes for Specific Objects Overriding Themes for Specific Objects After applying a Theme to your entire drawing all the objects will match that Theme However you can override the Theme for any particular object in the drawing by selecting it and using the commands on the Home tab to change its appearance Once you override the Theme for an object that object remains overridden in that document Furthermore it sets the default for new objects added to the document They will display your override style rather than the default Theme style SmartDraw 2009 U
105. and properties of the drawing area using the Work Area command on the Page tab SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing e 193 Set The Work Area Preview Set the Size of the Work Area Add pages to the work area by increasing either the Pages Across or the Pages Down Remove them by decreasing these values You can only remove blank pages Removing 4 page removes all the pages in the same column Pages Across i Inches Across Pages Down f Inches Down J Limit the image size to 50x50 Inches Users running Windows 98 and ME cannot open SmartDraw documents larger than this Fix the image size in Inches I Allow the work area to grow automatically This allows the work area to expand automatically if an operation would move an object outside the existing area For example when adding shapes to an automatic connector The Set Work Area Dialog The drawing area is divided into tiles single pages equal in size to the printable area of the printer paper currently selected The tile in the top left corner is page 1 and the pages are numbered consecutively to the right before wrapping to the second row In the preview pages used by the drawing are shown in white and Unused pages in gray Remove Blank Pages deletes any empty pages and moves the drawing to the top or left of the occupied area You can choose whether to define the drawing area in inches or centimeters if your rulers are se
106. anel The Help Tab The Help Tab at the top right side of the Main Toolbar offers Help and information about your SmartDraw program C9 es Updates User About License Suppor Guide SmartDraw U User Guide This User Guide which you are reading provides extensive detailed documentation of SmartDraw s functions Unlike the SmartHelp panels at the right side of the Drawing Area which are How to Draw tutorials for specific kinds of drawings this User Guide explains the technical functions common to the entire program Tech Support Provides information on getting technical support from SmartDraw com SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started e 12 update checks for program updates fixes or new program content gt About displays information about your particular copy of SmartDraw including its version number and serial number License allows you to view and manage your SmartDraw license s Help in Dialogs Dialogs are the little screens that pop up to ask you a question provide information or take input from you All dialogs contain a Help button Pressing this button or typing the F1 key opens the Help system to the section that describes that dialog s functions Define Line Hops This Document Show Hide all line hops f5 Cc Cancel f gt gt Bian Getting Help in a Dialog Creating a New Document When SmartDraw is already Running _ To create
107. annnn lt License Version Seats SmartDraw Network License plus Image Plugin lenal For more information about licensing SmartDraw library and template collections go to www smartdraw com Close SmartDraw Licenses Dialog The SmartDraw Licenses dialog displays a list of all the SmartDraw licenses installed on your system Workgroup Licenses The SmartDraw workgroup license allows ten or more computers to access SmartDraw on a network For example a 10 Seat license permits 10 different computers other than the server itself to access the program SmartDraw records the identity of each computer that runs the program and it will allow no more computers to access it after the licensed number has been reached SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide SmartDraw Licenses e 243 The list of computers that have used SmartDraw is maintained on the server and can be inspected and edited there by selecting the Licenses command on the Help tab to display the Network Administration Dialog SmartDraw Network User Administration License Count Number of seats licensed 100 Buy more OK a Number of SmartDraw users 10 Disabled 9 Information Help Your network license is based on the number of computers that use SmartDraw on this network amp list of all computers that have used the program other than the server itself is shown below If you are running SmartDraw from the server itself you can disa
108. ansfer the Product or your rights under this License to someone else 7 permit others to perform any of the activities restricted by this Paragraph C SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide SmartDraw License Agreement e 255 In addition in no event do we authorize you or anyone else to use the Product in applications or systems where the Product s failure to perform can reasonably be expected to result in significant physical injury property damage or loss of life including but not limited to use in hazardous environments requiring fail safe performance such as in the operation of nuclear facilities aircraft navigation or communication systems air traffic control direct life support machines or weapons systems The Product is not fault tolerant and is not designed manufactured or intended for any such use Any such use is entirely at your own risk and you agree to defend indemnify and hold SmartDraw com and its principals shareholders officers employees affiliates contractors affiliates and licensors harmless from any and all claims or losses relating to such unauthorized use D TERM If you purchased a Freedom site license your license to use the Product is for a limited time period as specified on your Sales Agreement In all events your rights regarding the Product under this License shall remain in effect only as long as you are in full compliance with the terms and conditions of this License and the Sales Agreeme
109. articular drawing Objects move freely ignoring the grid Note When you move or resize objects by using the arrow keys they do not align with the Grid snaps This makes it easy to make fine adjustments in position without turning the snaps off Aligning Objects oa The Align command on the Design tab of the Main Toolbar aligns the edges of selected objects with a target object a a Sf gt Lefts Centers Rights if at d Tops Middles Bottoms The Align Menu SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Arranging Objects e 131 The target object is the last one selected when you select a series of objects You can recognize it by its solid black handles The other selected objects have hollow handles The Align Lefts and Rights commands align the left or right edges of the selected objects with the left or right edge of the target object Target AU Before After Align Lefts Command Aligning the Tops and Bottoms works similarly Align Centers aligns the midpoints between the left and right edges of the objects Align Middles aligns the midpoints between the top and bottom of the object Making Objects the Same Size ala You can automatically resize several objects to be identical in height width or both using the Make Same Size command on the Design tab 2 Make Same Height i Make Same Width The Make Same Size Menu Like the Align command Make Same Size defines the last object selected in a ser
110. aste Microsoft Office Word Document Picture Metafile Picture EMF C Paste Link Display As Icon Result Inserts the contents of the clipboard into your P S document so that you may activate it using a Microsoft Office Word Paste Special Dialog The dialog shows a list of formats under the As heading When you select the first format at the top of the list depending on the program you copied the object from you may be offered the choice of Paste or Paste Link Pasting a Link pastes the picture of the object and the name of the file it came from into your SmartDraw drawing Whenever you change the contents of this linked Office program file SmartDraw will automatically update the picture to reflect the changes Choosing the second item in the As list Picture only gives you the option to Paste not to Paste Link In this case pasting the Office object into your drawing just transfers a picture into SmartDraw without the underlying link to the original file If you paste just an image and then change the original Office file you ll need to paste it into SmartDraw again if you want to update the image SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs 219 Managing OLE Object Links When an OLE Linked object is selected on your page the Links command under the More menu of the Edit tab opens the Links Dialog C SmartDraw doclOLE LINKS Document Automatic Update
111. at the replacement is only suggested by the Check Spelling dialog It does not happen automatically Conditionally change use case of other word This is like Auto change use case of other word but is only suggested by the Check Spelling dialog If does not happen automatically Exclude treat as misspelled SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 105 This action tells the spelling checker that the word is misspelled even if it is listed in another dictionary Words marked with this action will never be offered as suggestions for misspelled words and they will be reported as misspellings when they are encountered by the spelling checker Note that the spelling checker looks up words in user dictionaries in the order in which the dictionary files appear in the Files list If you want to exclude a word make sure it doesn t appear in a previous user dictionary Ignore skip This action tells the spelling checker that the word is spelled correctly and can be skipped over This is the most common action Add Word Adds the word entered in the Words box to the currently selected dictionary The currently selected action and other word are associated with the word You can use the Add Word button to change the action or other word associated with an existing word Note that the Add Word button is enabled only when a word is typed in the Words box The words you add may contain nearly any character but only words
112. atic Connector Lines e 161 Look in E My Documents e J my Pictures My Recent Documents BiG fi Places My Network File name P Files of type Common Export Files csv tet X Cancel The Org Chart Import Dialog Field Parsing Options Get Field Labels from First Row If your chart has labels such as Name Title etc in the first row SmartDraw can use them to identify the fields in the chart If it does not have field titles uncheck this option Show Labels in Org Chart Allows you to display or hide the field labels if any in the finished chart Field Separator Allows you to specify the character that separates the fields in your data file such as comma tab etc If the list of records to be imported at the bottom of this dialog looks jumbled be sure to check that the right separator is chosen here You can place quotes around field data if you need to use your delimiter character such as a comma in that field Record Sorting Options SmartDraw will try to detect the hierarchical sorting and select the appropriate option for you If it cannot you can specify the sorting manually The two options are 1 Assume Hierarchy from Indentation If your file uses indentation by any delimiter to indicate hierarchy select this option Example SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Automatic Connector Lines e 162 Name job Title Ext smith Mary CEO 107 Dawson
113. atory Telescope 0 iv Click ona shape above then click inthe work area A SmartPanel Symbol Library Gallery with a Library Selector Menu The Symbol Library Tab When you open a SmartTemplate the Left Panel will by default be opened with the SmartPanel showing To switch to the Symbol Library simply click on the Library tab at the top of the Left Panel SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide The Left Panel e 40 Loey Add Symbols Shapes 1 7 ey 4 sided Pyramid Cone colored Cone colored qe Cone flattop Cone flattop Cone flattop _ The Symbol Library Usually the SmartPanel will have a symbol library when symbols are necessary or recommended for a particular SmartTemplate so the Library tab is not an absolute necessity However the Library tab is available for all SmartTemplates so you may wish to use it when there is no library on the SmartPanel The Library Tab has a Library Selector Menu just like that of the SmartPanel You can click on the menu to view and switch libraries Searching the Symbol Libraries Opening the More Symbols Dialog In the SmartPanel you can click the More Library Selector button and select More if there are buttons or you can click the Library Selector Menu and select More if there is a menu In the Library Tab click the Library Selector Menu and select More SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide The Left Panel e 41 More S
114. been located Undo This cancels the last spelling change made Options Opens the Options dialog box where you can set spelling checker options Dictionaries SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 102 Opens the Dictionaries dialog box where you can open or close user dictionaries and to edit the contents of user dictionaries Help Opens the SmartDraw user guide with additional information on using the spell ccheck feature Cancel Stops the current spell checking operation Selecting a Spelling Language You can specify the language used to check your spelling by selecting Spelling Language in the Spellcheck menu under the SmartDraw Button By default American and British English are shown on the submenu The currently selected one is shown with a check mark The language selection applies to SmartDraw as a whole not just the document that you are working on If you would like to add another language click More Languages to download it SmartDraw supports the following languages American English British English Brazilian Portuguese Danish Dutch Finnish French German Norwegian Italian Spanish Swedish SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 103 These dictionaries are installed with the SmartDraw CD or via download from http www smartdraw com dictionaries hAtm Dictionary Organization The language dictionaries are stored in the Spelling folder
115. bject to avoid accidentally moving or altering it To lock an object right click on it and choose Lock Object from the right click menu Q Shape Propertes lxo h Freeze Properties When selected a locked object has gray handles instead of black to indicate its locked status Locking objects is useful if you want to place an object behind others and don t want to accidentally move it while clicking on the objects in front of it Locked objects cannot be opened for text editing However their properties color etc can be changed using the menu commands Grouping and Ungrouping Objects H Two or more objects may be combined into a single unit using the Group command on the Design tab The Ungroup command in the same location reverses this operation Group Hierarchy Groups can have hierarchy For example in the illustration below the two rectangles are first grouped together Then the three ovals are grouped together Finally these two groups are grouped together into one large group If you Ungroup the large group you will have two small groups not five individual objects Then you could Ungroup the small groups to separate the objects SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Arranging Objects e 135 E Group 1 a p E o o Group 1 e E Grouping To group two or more objects select each object with the multiple selection tool and then click Group from the Design tab o Properties of Groups No ind
116. ble any user that you no longer want to have access to the program This will release one of your seats for use by another computer Users that have executed this installation of SmartDraw Status Serial Number User Name User Status Enabled Disabled TheSmartDraw Network User Administration Dialog The number of seats supported by all network licenses installed is shown at the top of the dialog along with the number of users computers that have run this networked copy of SmartDraw SmartDraw counts the number of computers that have accessed it by recording the serial numbers of their hard disks If a user has run SmartDraw accidentally or no longer needs access you can disable that account by clicking on the user s name and setting the status to Disabled using the buttons at the bottom This frees a license for use by another computer You can also use this technique to disable old hard disk serial numbers when computers are replaced or upgraded with new drives As a security measure these changes can only be made while logged on to the server itself SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide SmartDraw Licenses e 244 Adding Additional Network Licenses You can add licenses to an existing network installation by purchasing more online at SmartDraw com or by contacting SmartDraw sales at 1 800 817 4238 When you purchase additional licenses running the installation program on the network server automatically adds the n
117. blicense to use the Trial Version Product in accordance with all of the terms and conditions of this License You may use the Trial Version Product solely on a trial basis to determine whether or not you want to purchase a license to use the full version of this product You acknowledge that your license to use the Trial Version Product is temporary and that the Trial Version Product is designed to limit both how long you can use it for free and what you can do with it In particular the Trial Version Product supplied to you under this License may contain the following features and limitations l Certain functions of the Trial Version Product such as editing a document may cease to operate after a period of time or after a certain number of uses of the Trial Version Product Any documents created with the Trial Version Product will however be fully usable again once a license for the full version of the product is purchased 2 Printed documents may contain a watermark However if you purchase a license to the full version of this product this watermark will not appear even on documents created with the Trial Version Product 3 The number of print outs that you can make may be limited When you attempt to print you are warned about the print limitation and informed about the number of print outs you have remaining 4 Certain features available in the full version of this product may not be available in the Trial Version Product C
118. cally to display the current length in the units of the rulers SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 83 To show the dimensions of a selected line choose Show Dimensions from either the Change Line or Change Shape menu on the Design tab This brings up the Show Dimensions dialog Show Dimensions Show Dimensions OK C Never Only When Selected Always Cancel Show Help The distance between the end points of the line The total length of the line The length of each line segment r The Show Dimensions Dialog You can specify whether the line will show its dimension Always Never or Only When Selected The Show options are defined as follows 1 The distance between the end points of a line means the shortest straight distance between the two endpoints regardless of the actual path of the line For example if the line is an Arc or a segmented line the actual path of the line will usually be longer than the straight distance between its end points 2 The total length of the line is the sum of all its segments along its actual path The exception to this is the Shape Connector Line which shows the length of its horizontal segment so that it can easily be used as a call out length marker 3 The length of each line segment labels each segment with its own separate dimension label The length label appears just above the line For curved or segmented lines
119. ch curved segment Edit Shape Outline During the editing session any text inside the shape is hidden and if the shape has been rotated or flipped it reverts temporarily to its remembered original orientation It will return to its proper orientation when the editing is finished You can adjust the outline of the shape by dragging the control points and adjustment handles with the mouse You can also add and remove controls points and change the shape of the individual line segments as described below Inserting New Line Segments in Freeform Shapes When you are Editing the Outline of Shapes if you right click on a segment of the shape a menu appears The command Add Control Point on this menu divides the segment at the point of the right click into two line segments by adding a new control point You can also add control points by holding down the Ctrl Key and clicking anywhere on the outline F Change Segment Shape d be Remove Line Segment ti Split Into Two Lines t i i Show Dimensions Inserting a Line Segment by creating a new Control Point SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines e 189 Removing Line Segments When you right click on the outline of a freeform shape you can choose the Remove Line Segment command This does not leave a gap in the side of the shape it simply removes the control point at the end of the segment and the shape closes to fill the gap This is the
120. change a table into a normal shape that has a single text entry area using the Convert to Text command on the Table tab Any text contained in the table cells is joined together as one text block inside the new shape See also Converting a Shape to a Table Table Rows Columns and Cells Tables are composed of rows and columns of cells Typically the cells in each row or column are lined up to form a perfectly regular grid but this need not be the case Cells can be joined and split to create nearly any kind of table structure you can imagine Each cell is an independent rectangular area that may have its own text background color and other attributes The dividers between the cells called Grid lines are like the borders of shapes They may have their own thickness color and pattern Grid lines may also be hidden so they are invisible even though they still exist to separate the cells Some examples of table formats are shown below SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables e 115 A e F O e Different Table Formats Note that columns may differ in width and rows may differ in height Cells may span many rows or columns These irregular formats are created by joining and splitting table cells or by moving small segments of the Grid lines See Also Joining and Splitting Table Cells See also Moving Table Cell Dividers Gridlines Formatting Tables You can change the appearance and cell arrangements
121. circle appears around the tip of the line drawing pen cursor If lines are joined into a continuous closed loop they fuse into a Shape which can be filled with color and which has all the properties of other SmartDraw native shapes See also Drawing Freeform Lines and Shapes SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Linking Lines and Shapes e 153 Automatic Connector Lines Using Automatic Connector Lines One of the most powerful features of SmartDraw is the use of Automatic Connector Lines to create regular arrangements of shapes Automatic connectors are a type of Line so the Line commands apply to them They are primarily used in Org Charts but also show up in family trees fishbone diagrams mind maps some network diagrams and even occasionally flowcharts Mind Map Decision Tree ai nization Chart Using Automatic Connectors Automatic Connectors are special intelligent lines that can attach themselves to shapes symbols and even other lines A connector is programmed fo arrange the objects linked to it in a particular pattern As new objects are linked to the connector the other objects already linked to it adjust to accommodate the new one and maintain the pre programmed arrangement In the example below a new shape is added to an organizational chart connector SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Automatic Connector Lines e 154 Adding a new shape to a Connector The new shape tan is dropped betw
122. cked connector has gray handles Importing Org Charts from Data Files SmartDraw can automatically draw or update an org chart from an imported data file This function is available only from the Import Chart from Data command on the More menu of the Org Chart SmartPanel SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Automatic Connector Lines e 160 You can import a file having either of two structures A tab indented text file An D formatted text file where hierarchy is indicated by supervisor names or ID numbers This is the format used by Org Plus In either of these file types the fields can be separated by any one of a number of delimiters including tabs commas colons dashes and many others available from the Field Separator drop down list in the Import Org Chart dialog A line break CR LF indicates the end of each record The text file can have any extension but SmartDraw will automatically browse for TXT and CSV the default Excel comma separated format Automatic Chart Updating SmartDraw can automatically update your existing org chart by re importing an updated data file All formatting in the existing chart color scheme style font etc is preserved during an update How to Import an Org Chart from a Data File When you click the Import Chart from Data command on the Advanced Options menu of the Org Chart SmartPanel the Org Chart Import dialog appears SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Autom
123. creen Floor Plan Standard 4 feet in the drawing equals one inch on the screen Metric One drawing cm equals one cm on the screen Floor Plan Metric 0 5 meters equals one cm on the screen The Custom option opens the Set Rulers and Grids dialog SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing e 198 Set Rulers And Grids Scale Inch OK Show fog Inches 7 asone m As on the screen ok cabal Cancel Set the position of 0 on the rulers the origin Horizontal Ruler Place 0 at 0 00 Inches units from the left edge Help Vertical Ruler Place 0 at 0 00 Inches units from the top edge Hint You can also set the zero position of a ruler by holding the Ctrl key down and clicking in the ruler Double clicking in a ruler works too You can set the zero position back to the top left by double clicking in the corner where the rulers meet Divisions Preview Select the number of divisions shown in each inch on the screen 16 v Hide and Show l Check here to hide the rulers Snaps Snapthe Center Top Left of a shape to the grid Set Rulers and Grid Dialog Entering a value for Show sets the ruler scale in units per inch or centimeter on the screen depending on which setting you choose You specify the number of subdivisions per inch or centimeter using the drop down list in the Divisions box The rulers can be hidden by checking or un checking the Hide and Show checkbox in the dialog
124. ct use the Ungroup command under Group on the Design tab If the ungroup command is gray then your selected image is probably a bitmap that cannot be ungrouped The Ungroup command opens the Separate Drawing dialog Separate Drawing SmartDraw will separate this drawing into individual SmartDraw objects To determine how this will be done choose the most appropriate default setting Cancel Defaults C Flowcharts and similar drawings Freehand and complex drawings Help Settings V Combine text into paragraphs Preserve line breaks Combine lines that are Single v spaced into the same paragraph Place text inside existing shapes where possible Convert small shapes at the end of lines into arrowheads iV Separate segmented lines into individual line objects Separate curves and other sequences of lines into many individual objects Separate Drawing Dialog SmartDraw has to make many assumptions to convert metafile images into native SmartDraw objects such as joining shapes to the end of lines as arrowheads combining lines of text into paragraphs placing text inside shapes and joining line segments together into one segmented line Since other drawing programs often use structures that SmartDraw does not and vice versa these assumptions are based on empirical rules and are not always perfect If you have imported images that do not convert well please contact SmartDraw Technical Support We are always working
125. cument by choosing the Show button in the Line Hops dialog and for the individual line you have clicked on by checking Show hops where this line crosses over other lines The style round or square and size small medium or large of the line hops are set for the entire document not for individual hops If the line being hopped over is a double line from the Line Style menu or simply two single lines drawn close together the hopping line will make just one hop spanning both lines SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 59 Line hops rely on the Front to Back order to know which one is on top The line in front will have the hop bend in it If your preferred line does not have the hop you ll need to bring it to the front by selecting it and choosing Bring to Front from the Design tab See Changing the Front to Back Order A line may have no more than 32 hops If the position of a line hop conflicts with an arrowhead the arrowhead overrules the hop Selecting Objects Before you can move stretch color or manipulate an object or piece of text on your page you must select it X The Selection Tool in the Tools group of the Home tab is your normal cursor To select an object on the page click on it once with the Selection tool Shapes filled with transparent color must be clicked on their border to be selected Shapes filled with a color even white can be clicked anywhere in their interiors a
126. dacteunsdecagussessesystesctuessducdbuessgcugesessessisteseds 48 Drawing with SmartDraw 49 Selecting aSmartT emplate sisisi einir arpian s a EAA EEEE Raas VEEE 49 Searching for Smart Templates incisors pi erea E a aE E REAA VERE 52 SmartTemplate Favorites siaa eaaa aa aai Ea E AE Ea RAVES 52 SmartTemplate Previews and On Demand Installation ssesseeseeseeseeseeeresreresresreerrsrsresresees 53 Adding Objects to Your Drawing isisisi sei asa o Ea a Ea REEE ERO EA ER RSA 54 Drawing Bi E E Gaitiis 55 Changing the Shape Of a LINes si iiciin asara s aieas aopa aae a Serai asa inii inih 58 Eme HOPS sonia nna R a E E E OR 58 Selecting Objects iee e ae ea a E E eh EON E E AES 60 Selecting Multiple Objects c i3 4 ne aea hate tiie e A Ea E AEA a EEEN ENGS 61 SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide e 2 selecting with the Tab Keys ennist a goes a E E E E e ai 62 Moving Objects imorrn a E E a A E 63 Re Sizimg OBJectS antra E E T TETN 64 The Shape Properties Dialog tsi zscunssedcah cosh east godtesacecesyatagedeaaed ea a E i ea 66 The Position and Size Dialog snini i A eet E ERE 68 Rotating ODjects enirn a a a a a a ede R 69 Flipping Objects canner aaa E r A eet a E RETS 71 DeletinS ODjects tairnean E E a a a a a 72 Duplicating Objects sss tees secessszehusaatedia a od gais E gh sed R aoe ERTE 72 Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 74 Changing the Appearance of Shapes 0 cecceeeesceecececceseceseeeseceseessesseeeseeesesea
127. dds just the line clicked on to the selection range You can change the attributes of the selected Grid Lines with the commands under the Line button on the Table tab Partially Selecting Row and Column Grid Lines Normally when you click on a table Grid Line the entire Grid Line for that row or column is selected If you hold the Alt key down while clicking however only the segment of the Grid Line touching that cell is selected Alt clicking on additional Grid Line segments adds them to the selection Holding down both the Alt and Ctrl keys toggles the Selection State of a Grid Line segment on or off This feature lets you change the properties of separate parts of a row or column Grid Line and more importantly allows parts of them to be moved independently See also Moving Table Grid Lines Moving Table Grid Lines In tables clicking on a Grid Line not only selects it but also allows you to move it You can increase or decrease the width of columns and the heights of rows by dragging the Grid Lines with the mouse SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables 120 When you move whole column Grid Lines only the width of the column to the left of the Grid Line is affected The columns to the right remain the same size The table grows wider or narrower to accommodate the change in width of that column The same principle applies to whole row Grid Lines where the space above the row is affected by moving the Grid L
128. ding Photos or Other Images to Tables You can insert a digital photo or other kind of bitmap image into a table cell A Photo inserted into a Table Cell There are three ways to insert a photo or other bitmap image into a table Copy the image in another program and Paste it into the table cell the cell must be selected or have your cursor positioned in it so SmartDraw knows where to Paste the image Select a table cell by highlighting it with the mouse and then click Picture on the Insert tab Browse to find the image on your computer and it will be inserted into the table Right click in a table cell and choose Insert Picture from the menu Pictures Cropped by Table Cells If the picture you insert is larger than the table cell you will see the picture cropped cut off at the edges by the cell Even it if looks cropped the whole picture is still there If you expand the rows or columns by dragging the gridlines or joining cells you can see the rest of the picture SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables e 129 See also Moving Table Grid Lines See also Joining and Splitting Table Cells Arranging Objects Arranging Objects SmartDraw provides easy automatic shortcuts to help you arrange the objects in your drawing With a few mouse clicks you can align them make them equally sized or make them evenly spaced You can rotate flio and position them in many different ways These command
129. e The Grid The Work Area with Rulers and Grid Showing L Show Grd The divisions on the ruler define the spacing of a grid that underlies the drawing area You can show or hide the grid using the Show Grid command on the Page tab The same grid whether visible or not controls the spacing of the Grid Snaps SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 35 You can print the grid with your drawing if you like click the SmartDraw Button then click Print and check Print the Grid in the Print Dialog Undo and Redo Almost any change you make to a drawing can be undone using the Undo command at the top left of the SmartDraw Program Window Ctrl Z is the shortcut keystroke for Undo After you undo an operation the Redo button becomes active Using Redo returns the program to its state before the undo command was used Ctrl Y is the shortcut keystroke for Redo You can undo and redo up to 100 steps back If the button is gray there is no previous state to return to Storing Two or More Drawings in the Same Document Because SmartDraw supports multiple pages per document you may be tempted to put separate drawings on different pages in the same document Don t do this Store each independent drawing in its own document The multiple page feature of SmartDraw is intended to allow you to draw one large drawing that requires more than a single page It is not intended to allow you to put 6 different f
130. e This reshaping property allows you to extend one wing or protuberance of a shape and without distorting the proportions of the other parts of the shape As an example of how this may be useful consider the floor plan of an L shaped room If you want to extend one wing of the L shape without altering the other wing you can pull on the diamond reshaping handle to extend the desired section without altering the other part of the room Pak E Reshaping one part of a freeform shape This reshaping behavior is unique to polygon shapes created with the Freeform Drawing Tools or by editing the outline of the standard shapes found on The Work Area Toolbar which turns them into freeform polygons See Drawing Freeform Lines and Shapes SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines e 188 Editing the Outline of Shapes You can edit the outline of any of the standard shapes found in the Shape Tool on theHome Tab or any shape created using the Freeform line tools To edit the outline of a shape select the shape and then use the Edit Shape Outline command on the Change Shape menu of the Design tab If the shape was created with freeform drawing or has been edited before you can also click on the border of the selected shape with the Ctrl Key held down as a shortcut outline editing mode Control Points appear at the junctions of the outline segments and Curve Adjustment Handles appear on or near ea
131. e are also not clickable The fourth column in the layer list shows how many objects in the drawing are currently assigned to this layer Note that when only one layer is present it is active and locked in the clickable and visble states Adding a layer will unlock these options for all layers Moving Objects Between Layers In a multi layer drawing any selected object can be assigned to any layer using the Move Object To Layer command on the Layers menu of the Page tab Moving Objects within their Own Default Layer You can move selected objects to the front or back of their current layer using the two commands at the bottom of the Layers menu on the Page tab Changing the Layer Order The layers appear in your drawing in the same order top to bottom that they appear in the Define Layers dialog box The layer at the top of the list is the topmost or front most layer in the drawing This means that objects assigned to this layer lie in front of and may hide objects in the lower layers Similarly objects assigned to the second layer lie in front of objects assigned to the third layer and so on You can adjust the position of a layer in the stack by selecting it in the list and then clicking on the Move Layer Up and Move Layer Down buttons in the dialog Showing All Layers If you want to quickly make all your layers visible you can use the Show All Layers command on the Layers menu of the Page tab If a checkmark appears beside t
132. e mr a waa A 2 z leo O Q L k E Ee o Wu Theme Shape She Fon n Poogros s BEA J Fora eet ted The Main Toolbar Tabs such as Home and Table appear at the right side of the toolbar depending on which tab is selected SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 16 ha E Join Cells Qari E ws zj oe C E E E Beretu Liev Table 3 v Delete Inset Inset Inset Inset Format Autofill Columns J ok gle Ain takin HH Distribute Tabe Effects v Text Editing Insert Table Rows amp Columns Table Data The Table Tab The SmartPanel The SmartPanel lies at the left side of the SmartDraw Program Window and contains tools specific to a particular kind of template such as Flowcharts SmonPanei EE Buid a Flowchart Add Shapes Flowchar gt pi JE Process Starv End Altemate Pr LI Decision Data Inpw Document y Click here then click ona shape oranywherein the workarea Connect Shapes z A g 3 ofoneshape and dragto the borderofanother Z Click here then click onthe border SmartHelp Formore help click the icon to p open the SmartHelp panel on the nght side of your screen The Flowchart SmartPanel SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 17 The SmartDraw Button gt j Clicking on the SmartDraw Button located in the top left corner provides you with a menu of options
133. e Make Same command on the Design tab can be used to make all selected objects the same size as the selected target object See Making Objects the Same Size Resizing Grouped Objects Objects may be combined into Groups When grouped they may be sized proportionately as a single object See Grouping and Ungrouping Objects See also The Position and Size Dialog The Shape Properties Dialog The Shape Properties Dialog allows you to change the resizing linking and many other behaviors of a shape To open the Shape Properties Dialog for a selected shape by clicking Shape Outline on the Design tab SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 66 Shape Properties Grow row D Proportionally Select the way the shape can be re sized C Horizontally only Bis nd growth maintains a symbol s original shape and prevents distortion Vertically only C No restrictions ig Applies only to certain shapes Show Dimensions Show Area C Always Only when selected Never Always show the area of the shape Linking Allow shape to link to borders F Allow shape to link to cells in table Check these boxes to allow the shape to attach to the border of another shape or to attach inside a cell in a table l Do not check spelling Checking this box turns off spelling correction for any text contained inside the shape Print as Transparent Checking this box marks the shape as transparent so that it will pr
134. e Move Layer Up button You assign shapes to different layers using the Move Shape to Layer command This is found under the Layers menu and not in this dialog Layers Name Visible Clickable Objects 0O 6 Walls Move Layer Down Default Add a New Layer Edit Layer Remove Layer The Define Layers Dialog Adding Layers Each new drawing starts out with just one layer called the Default Layer You can add a new layer by clicking Layers on the Page tab then New Layer You can also add a new layer in the Define Layers dialog box After you name the layer it is added to the stack above the existing layers Re Naming Layers You can name a layer including the Default Layer anything you like by clicking on the name of the Layer in the Define Layers dialog box and then pressing the Edit Layer button Layer Properties Visible and Clickable SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Layers e 139 Layers have two properties Visible and Clickable The settings of these properties are shown with check boxes in the columns to the right of the layer name in the Define Layers dialog If the Visible box for a layer is unchecked then all objects in this layer are hidden both on screen and when printed If the Clickable box is unchecked then even if the objects are visible they behave as if they are part of the drawing background they cannot be moved deleted or changed in any way Layers that are not visibl
135. e Shape menu In addition to the types mentioned in Drawing Lines you can change a line shape to any of the shapes shown in the menu above Many of these line shapes are also offered in special configurations such as being constrained to vertical or horizontal positions or a fixed number of segments You can also use the Flip command on the Design tab to create additional variations Note The Shape of a line should not be confused with the appearance or Style of the line See Changing the Appearance of Lines Line Hops Line hops are used in flowcharts and engineering diagrams to indicate lines that cross without intersecting SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 58 Line hops work only for lines created with the Straight Line Curved Line Shape Connector and Curved Shape Connector tools on The Work Area Toolbar Not for Automatic Org Chart connectors or shapes created with the Freehand Drawing tools You can turn line hops on or off for a document by right clicking on the line to bring up the Line Hops dialog Define Line Hops This Document Show Hide all line hops oF Cancel fe O Help The Line Hops Dialog For some drawing types a Line Hops button appears on the SmartPanel at the left side of the SmartDraw Program Window This provides a shortcut to launching the Line Hops dialog For line hops to appear the Line Hops feature must be turned on for the whole do
136. e SmartDraw Options under the SmartDraw Button Moving the attached objects causes the segmented line to change its shape to maintain its position relative to each object Segmented lines can have from 1 to 5 segments depending on the arrangement of the shapes linked Curved Connector Line The Curved Connector Line behaves exactly like the Shape Connector Line but instead of having square corners it travels from point A to point B in a smooth curve A Curved Connector Line connecting two shapes Freehand Line o The Freehand Line draws like a pen on paper Click in the drawing area and drag the mouse to create a line of any random shape See Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines Polygon Line gt The Polygon Line draws a continuous line made of straight segments Each time you click in the work area a new segment is added until you either close the shape by returning to the starting point or press Esc to stop See Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines Wall Line The Wall Line is Used to create walls in Floor Plans SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 57 Changing the Shape of a Line Any existing line on the page can be changed to a different type of line by clicking on it to select it clicking Change Line in the Design tab and choosing Change Line Shape from the menu OLE r gt rF a ee ae ae A a alge aw Pae yva i Show Dimensions The Change Lin
137. e Viewing and Printing 208 Publishing To The Web Exporting to HTML Files You can export your drawing to HTML files ready for web posting Any hyperlinks in the drawing will remain active in the HTML files To export choose HTML File from the Publish command under the SmartDraw Button This opens the Export to HMTL Files Dialog Export to HTML Files Help Cancel Settings Size of web page in pixels 602 x 717 Change Image Format GIF 256 Colors j 3 Export to HTML Files Export to Folder AIMUES Browse In Path C Documents and Settings hchristensen My Documents The Export to HTML Files Dialog When SmartDraw exports to an HTML file it also includes a GIF PNG or a JPG file with the same name followed by _img For example if you export to Flowchart htm a bitmapped file called Flowchart_img gif or png or jpg is also created You must upload both files using any FTP software of your choice to your web server in order to view the exported image in a web browser You should always upload all of the files that SmartDraw places in your selected export folder If you check the Include Hyperlinks box when exporting to HTML files any hyperlinks you ve created in your drawing are preserved including links to non html documents files and programs You are responsible for making any necessary hyperlinked files available on your web site SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Publishing To The Web e 209
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139. e to specify attributes of the new dictionary Export This saves the contents of the currently selected dictionary to a text file When you select the Export button a dialog appears which you can use to select the name of the text file to which words in the dictionary will be exported The words are written to the file one per line Import This adds the words contained within a text file to the currently selected dictionary When you select the Import button a dialog appears which you can use to select the text file to be imported Each word in the selected file is loaded into the dictionary Language This displays the language e g English or French etc of the words in the currently selected dictionary New Dictionary Dialog You can use the New Dictionary Dialog to specify the attributes of a new user dictionary File Name Contains the name of the disk file used to hold the new dictionary s contents You can enter a name here or use the Browse button to display a dialog showing the names of other dictionary files Browse Displays a dialog which shows the names of other user dictionary files You can use the dialog to view the names of existing dictionary files and to enter the name of the new dictionary file Language SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 107 Specifies the language e g French English of the words the new user dictionary will contain If the language you want to u
140. e word in the Other Word box but the total length should be limited to 63 characters Action The action tells the spelling checker what to do when it finds a word in the dictionary The following actions can be selected Auto change use case of checked word Automatically replace a word with the Other Word as soon as you type it For example if you often type recieve instead of receive you might enter the word recieve with receive as the Other Word and set Auto change use case of checked word as the action The spelling checker will then automatically correct recieve wherever it appears If recieve were capitalized Recieve the spelling checker would automatically replace it with Receive Note that the replacement is made automatically only if the Auto Change option is enabled see the Spelling Options Dialog for information on the Auto Change option Auto change use case of other word Automatically replace a word with the Other Word as soon as you type it without considering the case of the replaced word This action is useful for automatically expanding abbreviations For example you could enter the word TBD with to be determined as the other word and Auto change use case of other word as the action The spelling checker will automatically replace TBD with to be determined wherever it appears Conditionally change use case of checked word This action is the same as Auto change use case of checked word above except th
141. ecked or if you uncheck it the symbol behaves like an imported image You can set its properties width height resizing behavior and text entry Symbols created in SmartDraw itself can be set to be either AUtomatic or non Automatic SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 171 Symbols created outside SmartDraw cannot have automatic settings so for these symbols the Automatic checkbox is disabled Preferred Size The width and height fields in the Edit Symbol dialog control the size of the symbol when it is added to the page If the Grow setting is Proportional changing one dimension changes the other to maintain the original proportions This setting is disabled gray for automatic symbols composed of more than one native object since their original size is always maintained There are two ways to set the preferred size that a symbol takes when added to a drawing Use Fixed Size and Scale to Ruler Settings If Use Fixed Size is selected the shape is sized to exactly the width and the height specified on the screen regardless of the rulers settings for the drawing Your Windows control panel sets the units of this measurement If your system is set to use metric units the dimensions are in centimeters otherwise they are in inches If Scale to Ruler Settings is selected the symbol will scale to the size dictated by the ruler settings of the drawing For example if you set the preferred size for the
142. ects to Your Drawing A SmartDraw drawing is made up of shapes lines and sometimes ready made graphic symbols like clip art All of these are called Objects You can always add shapes and lines to your drawing by using the buttons on the Home Tab ag Z Shape Line The Line and Shape buttons on the Home Tab With some drawing types you will find specialized buttons for adding shapes and lines on the custom SmartPanel for that drawing found at the left site of the SmartDraw Program Window Details of using each SmartPanel are presented in the SmartHelp panel displayed at the right side of the screen as you draw Adding Symbols You add Symbols to your drawing by taking them from the Symbol Libraries in the SmartPanel or Library Tabs of the Left Panel accens S N 11 Accent 12 Accent 13 Accent 14 Accent 15 Accent w Click ona shape above then click inthe work area A Symbol Library in the Left Panel There are two ways to add library symbols to your drawing 1 Click and Stamp To stamp an object from a symbol library on your page click once on the symbol icon in the library window and then click in the page where you want to place it When you click on a symbol in the library your cursor looks like an old fashioned rubber stamp and it carries a rectangle indicating the outline of the object as you SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 54 move it over the drawing
143. een the two existing shapes and the connector automatically adjusts to insert it between them When drawing Org Charts the Org Chart SmartPanel contains buttons for adding employees assistants and co managers that will automatically format the Org Chart in the proper manner Changing an Automatic Connector s Shape You can change the shape configuration of an existing Automatic Connector using the Branch Style Button which is usually present in the SmartPanel for the template types with AUtomatic Connectors Change Connector Shape Also typically located on the SmartPanels of these types of diagram are controls for changing the Chart Direction and Box Format The Flip command found on the Design tab can also be used to create additional variations of these shapes However if any objects are already attached to the connector you may need to remove them before flipping it and then reattach them SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Automatic Connector Lines 155 Adding Objects to an Automatic Connector When you draw Org Charts and other similar diagrams the SmartPanel contains buttons for adding boxes that does this automatically for you The directions on the buttons indicate the location of the new box with respect to the selected box Add Shapes g Add Employee Below owm Add Employee to the Right oo Add Employee to the Left Add Employee Above Ta Add Assistant g Add Co Manager A Group from
144. elected objects to have equal distances between them See Spacing Objects Evenly Centering the Drawing on the Work Area The Center in Work Area command on the Page tab moves all the objects in the drawing so that they are centered in the minimum number of pages needed to print them See Centering the Drawing See also The Position and Size Dialog Re Sizing Objects Resizing with the Mouse To change the size or shape of an object click on it to select it and then click on one of the grow handles black squares and hold the mouse button down Dragging the mouse drags the handle and changes the size of the object SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 64 EE R Growing an object by dragging a handle Only one object at a time can be resized this way Proportional and Non Proportional Growth Some standard shapes like rectangles and many of the library symbols can be sized to any proportion Others such as the standard circle maintain their proportions when re sized The side handles on a shape such as a rectangle will stretch the object only in the direction perpendicular to that side Handles at the corners stretch the object all directions simultaneously Proportional shapes like circles have no handles on their sides and their corner handles grow the shape proportionately For shapes that can be stretched to any proportion such as rectangles holding down the Ctrl key while dragging wit
145. en you print the document or export to standard graphic formats unless you use the Publish to Web function with hyperlinks preserved Clicking on the blue text in the drawing opens the linked file or URL Click here for more information A Text Hyperlink Hyperlinked Shapes Lines and other Objects display a small blue box containing a plus sign This rectangle has an attached drawing The Hyperlink Symbol Clicking on this symbol opens the linked file or URL You can edit or remove a hyperlink by selecting it and choosing Hyperlink from the Insert tab For more information on hyperlinking see Using Hyperlinks SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Publishing To The Web e 213 Using Hyperlinks Nested Drawings You can use hyperlinking to create hierarchical or nested drawings that let you drill down for more detail For example suppose you are creating a flowchart for a process that includes one very complex step On your summary or high level flowchart you can represent the complex step by a single shape and then hyperlink the shape to a detailed flowchart illustrating the complex process Creating Web Sites You can use hyperlinks between drawings to create a parallel set of interlinked web pages essentially a complete web site If you check both Include Hyperlinks and Also Export other SmartDraw drawings linked to this one in the Export to HTML Files dialog SmartDraw will export all of the li
146. ense Agreement Trial Edition IMPORTANT THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT LICENSE APPLIES TO YOUR DOWNLOADING AND USE OF THE FREE TRIAL VERSION OF THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT CAREFULLY READ THIS LICENSE BEFORE USING THIS TRIAL VERSION PRODUCT YOUR INSTALLATION COPYING OR USE OF THIS TRIAL VERSION PRODUCT INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS LICENSE AND THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY AND COMPLY WITH ALL OF ITS TERMS IF YOU ARE DOWNLOADING OR USING THE TRIAL VERSION PRODUCT ON BEHALF OF ANY ORGANIZATION COMPANY OR OTHER ENTITY YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THIS LICENSE ON BEHALF OF SUCH ENTITY ALL REFERENCES HEREIN TO YOU SHALL APPLY TO SUCH ENTITY IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE THEN DO NOT DOWNLOAD COPY INSTALL OR USE THIS TRIAL VERSION PRODUCT SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide SmartDraw License Agreement e 261 A DEFINITIONS SmartDraw com is also referred to in this License as we or Us The Trial Version Product consists of all materials made available by SmartDraw com for downloading under this License which may include but are not limited to computer program s software and code the Images as defined below templates symbols text accompanying printed materials and online or electronic documentation B SCOPE OF LICENSE SmartDraw com hereby grants you a non exclusive non transferable license without the right to su
147. es in the drawing or c all the Objects i e everything See also Selecting Objects See also Selecting with the Tab Key Selecting with the Tab Key If no objects in your drawing are selected pressing the Tab key selects the first one If one or more objects are already selected pressing the Tab key moves the selection from the currently selected object to the next created object in the drawing SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 62 Ce i lt gt o Selecting the next object with the Tab key A Pressing Shift Tab reverses direction and selects the previous object in the drawing Selection Difficulties Sometimes it s hard to click on the object that you want because other objects lie on top or in front of it There are two ways to overcome this You can select the objects on top and use the Send to Back command under the Design tab Alternately you can drag a box around the objects selecting them alll Shift clicking on the objects in the front now de selects them leaving only the object you want still selected Once selected the colors borders and other attributes of objects can be changed using the menu commands Selected objects can also be cut copied and duplicated Typing from the keyboard when a shape is selected adds text to it These actions are described in detail elsewhere The Tab order is controlled by the Front to Back Order of the objects See Changing
148. ese annotations are completely separate from the base drawing and can be turned on and off easily They are ideal for instructing the author of the drawing how to make edits They can also be used to add comments or highlight areas during presentations The Ink group has the following choices Fd Pen Select a pen from the gallery and begin adding annotation to your document You have a choice of black blue or red ballpoint or felt tip pens Highlighter Select a highlighter from the gallery and begin highlighting objects in your document Unlike the pen a highlighter is translucent so that objects behind are not hidden You have a choice of yellow turquoise or pink highlighters Eraser Turns on the erase tool Tap on previously added annotation to erase it from the document You have a choice of small medium or large erasers In addition you can choose stroke which erases a contiguous annotation with one tap Color Choose a custom color from the gallery for your pen or highlighter Thickness Select or change the thickness of your ink oY Select Press and drag stylus on your document to draw a selection ring Y Hide Ink Tap to hide your ink Tap the Ink Tab to unhide your ink Normal Drawing with the Stylus There are two types of drawings that you can perform using the Tablet PC stylus First is the normal type of drawing that you would do using a mouse Second is adding annotations on top of your drawing
149. eseeesseeeaeenatenas 74 Changing the Appearance of Shape Borders eee eeeeeececeeseeeseeeeeeseeesecssesseeseeeseenatenas 76 Changing Texture Properties sincerer iese ertean raise Es A ea paR ESTER Esaa Ea ISa S 77 Change Shapes asccscidisitania aaea aa iene aiistiseliatiteh da ti E EI T dias iertes 79 Adjusting Shapes ridona a e E E E a E E SE OE ER ERI 79 Editing Shape Outlines saeni i a E O E E R EO E EERI 80 Changing the Appearance of Lines setero ra neea aa EE AR E 80 CustomArrowheads ii 2 8 rh idee na ra a Bel a a estas 82 Dimensioning Showing Line Length eee ceecseceseeeeeeseseseseeecseesseesseensessseeseeeseee 83 Changing the Backeround s s 2 cs2cs sss dte nl deseeeel ecb hea he E r Sah ARKE E E E 84 Using the Format Painte rss oc iscecehissisdits ede sip ra aa hie gash E a E E 85 Design Eilects e asi ete ele lee ahve Neneetp stead 86 Themes Whe a Nhe tea cin Masten ede es r habiiere Neh eet 86 Overriding Themes for Specific Objects 0 eee cece ceeeseceseeesecesecseesseeeeeeseeeaeseeesaeeeseenatenas 87 Working with Text 88 Creating Textinn are lin sd ied nial secede ashe swee neve ae ieee Sa eta 88 Altoming Texts stocdtist a lated A N E Dav tee Seah Sal te eels 89 Automatic Text Resizing serr nroa ates des hotest heal eee eae ees 90 LexGEntry Propertie S si esciseiiks Sal Nya N Musa cen aloe ad abn tet aris 90 Entering Background Texts cc3 sisieistatsevintensiniinanlalvharytumaiie hela teeness 93 Text Entry andthe
150. etting the Page Margins Overlap Checking the checkbox marked Allow 1 6 Overlap causes a small strip of each page to be printed again on the pages that surround it on multiple page drawings This makes it easier to paste together the pages of large drawings Options Selecting the checkboxes in the Options section allows you to define preferences for printing your drawing For more information on printing your drawing and applying these options see The Print Dialog section Print Preview p The Print Preview command on the Document group of the Main Toolbar displays a preview of how your document will look when printed Multiple Page Previews If your drawing will print on more than one page you must scroll down to see each additional page The page indicator at the top left of the preview window say Page 1 of 2 for example to let you know which page you are viewing SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing 204 pe Pare Preven _ Pagetc t CH Pret PageSene LD Orermaton x Telephone Order Process Print Preview Mode The command buttons in the Preview Window are Print Opens the Print Dialog to print the drawing Page Setup Opens the Page Setup dialog You can use the Page Setup dialog to change the size and shape of your paper and immediately see the results in the Print Preview You can also test the Print on One Page option and see the results on the preview Orienta
151. etup Orientation Switch between portrait and landscape page layouts inl Margins Set the margins for the pages in your document SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 25 D Layers Add layers to your document or change the properties of layers Work Area Control the number of pages in the document 3 Center in Work Area Center the entire drawing on the page or on multiple pages The Rulers amp Grid Group E Show Rulers E Show Grid Scale Snaps v v V Use Snaps Rulers amp Gnd Scale Set the scale for your document Snaps Select how an image anchors to the work area grid Show Rulers Show Hide Rulers Make the rulers at the edge of the drawing area visible or invisible C Show Ged Grid Make the invisible grid visible V Use Snaps Use Snaps Determine whether objects snap to the grid The Find amp Replace Group Find e Replace Find amp Replace Find Search for words or phrases used in the text of your document b i Sac Replace Search for words or phrases used in the text of your document then replace each occurrence with a new word or phrase SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started e 26 The Table Tab Each of the Groups in the Table tab has sets of commands represented by buttons and menus The Insert Table Group Rows 8 YI Table Columns _3 vj v Insert Table
152. ew licenses and increases the total available For example if you purchase two 10 seat licenses and install each in the same program folder the single shared copy of SmartDraw will permit 20 seats SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide SmartDraw Licenses e 245 Technical Support and Troubleshooting SmartDraw Tech Support Knowledge Base For instant 24 hour information about the most common user questions visit the SmartDraw Knowledge Base at http www smartdraw com support knowledgebase index aspx How to Get Technical Support Technical support is available to all SmartDraw users including trial users To access technical support from the SmartDraw program click the Tech Support button on the Help tab To contact support on the web go fo htto www smartdraw com support contact ptm Other Ways to Get Technical Support By e mail to support smartdraw com Call 858 225 3300 between 8 AM and 5 PM USA Pacific time When reporting a problem please include the following information 1 Your system configuration version of Windows printer display type etc 2 A description of how to reproduce the problem SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Technical Support and Troubleshooting 246 3 A sample file that exhibits the problem if possible Downloading the Latest Version wy We frequently offer free updates that include bug fixes and new features To check for updates click the Updates button on the Help
153. exture is applied to the selected table cells Choosing Line opens a menu identical to the Line menu in the Shape Styles group of the Home tab which is described in Changing the Appearance of Lines The selected color or style is applied to the grid lines around any selected cells in the table or to all grid lines if the entire table is selected It does not change the table border To do that you would click on the border to select the entire table shape then use the Line command on the Design tab SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables e 119 Choosing Effects opens a menu identical to the Effects menu on the Home tab which is described in Design Effects The selected effect will be applied to the selected cells Changing the Appearance of Text The commands in the Home tab can be applied to any selected cells in a table or to all the cells if the table shape itself is selected Selecting Table Grid Lines You can select individual Grid Lines or parts of a Grid Line in your table to change their properties gt When a mouse click would result in the selection of a Grid Line the cursor becomes two parallel lines with arrows indicating the directions in which the Grid Line can be dragged Clicking on a Grid Line selects it Selected Grid Lines are shown as green dotted lines Once a Grid Line has been selected you can extend the selection range by shift clicking on lines parallel to it Ctrl clicking a
154. f the existing Color Schemes or create your own and save it for future use Gradient Fill Color Schemes Customize OK ok Cancel He Help The Gradient Fill Dialog A gradient fill is defined by two colors and the direction that the colors change The two colors are selected using the color controls labeled One and Two at the bottom of the dialog The direction of the fill is shown on the 16 buttons above the Colors SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Customizing SmartDraw e 241 box Clicking one of the buttons selects this fill direction Clicking OK applies the gradient fill to the currently selected object s If you have an object selected for which you have previously defined a custom gradient fill when you open the gradient menu again the color 1 of your custom fill will be used to create the Light and Dark Variations SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Customizing SmartDraw e 242 SmartDraw Licenses SmartDraw Licenses SmartDraw will not run without a license The license is created when the program is installed with a valid serial number You can inspect the licenses installed on your system by selecting the License command on the Help tab SmartDraw Licenses Licenses for this installation of SmartDraw Serial Number 00 00 000000 0000 0000 0 0000 00 00000 00 00 000000 0000 0000 00000 00 00000 00 00 000000 0000 0000 00000 00 00000 nn nn nnnannn nnnn nnnan nnnnn nn
155. fferent types of objects from other programs that can be inserted into your SmartDraw drawing To create a new object such as an Equation from the Microsoft Equation editor for example select one of the items in the list and click OK When the Create from File button is selected the dialog appears and shown below Insert Object C Create New File Create from File Heather Browse Link Display As leon m Result Inserts the contents of the file as an object into P your document so that you may activate it using a the program which created it Insert Object Dialog Create from File This allows you to pick an existing file on your system and insert it into your drawing as an embedded or linked object See also Understanding OLE Object Linking and Embeddin SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs 221 Inserting Pictures into Drawings kal You can insert a Picture or photo such as a JPG GIF PNG or other bitmap image into your drawing by choosing Picture on the Insert tab and browsing to locate the picture on your computer Unless you have already selected a place for the picture to go such as a selected shape or a table cell it will be placed near the upper left corner of your SmartDraw drawing by default You can then drag it to any position you like You can also insert a picture into an existing Picture Placeholder on some
156. from http www gnu org software ghostscript ghostscript html SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide SmartDraw License Agreement 256 You shall ensure that any copies of the Product that you make or have made pursuant to this License bear all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in or affixed to the copy or copies of the Product as created and packaged by us All rights of any kind in the Product that are not expressly granted in this License are entirely and exclusively reserved to SmartDraw com or its licensors F SERIAL NUMBER This License has a unique serial number which is Confidential Information Publishing this serial number or disclosing it to any third party will be deemed a material breach of this License G LIMITED WARRANTY EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY 1 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH G APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE AND COUNTRY TO COUNTRY 2 FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS FOLLOWING YOUR PURCHASE OF THE PRODUCT THE WARRANTY PERIOD SMARTDRAW COM WARRANTS THAT THE PRODUCT SHALL COMPLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS WITH ITS WRITTEN SPECIFICATIONS AND THAT ANY MEDIA UPON WHICH THE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED SHALL BE FREE OF MATERIAL DEFECTS SMARTDRAW COM S SOLE LIABILITY AND YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF THE FOREGOING WARRANTY SHALL BE THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE PRODUCT OR MEDIA AS APPLICABLE OR THE REFUND OF ANY AMOUNTS
157. g Daa _ Hi Autofill Automatically fill a row or column in the table with a series of numbers or dates B Convert Shape to Table Fill the interior of a shape with a table Convert Table to Text Create a single text object containing all the text from the table TexEditna Text Editing Lock the text in selected table cells so that it can t be changed The Chart Tab Each of the Groups in the Chart tab has sets of commands represented by buttons and menus The Insert Chart Group SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started e 28 vi ay New From File st Insert Chart all Insert New Chart Select a chart type from the menu ie J Insert Chart From File Browse your computer for an existing chart gt Ag Insert Chart From Clipboard Insert a copied chart The Chart Type Group Pie Stacked Line Linear Bar ChartType _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ a a m a m i Bar Chart Switch your current data to a Bar Chart format Pie Chart Switch a category of your current data to a Pie Chart format Stacked Bar Chart Switch your current data to a Stacked Bar Chart format oA Line Chart Switch your current data to a Line Chart format Linear Chart Switch a category of your current data to a Linear Chart format The Chart Data Group aj ai la Ea O Show SwapSenes amp Pie Data Senes Categoy Dat Catergones v Chart Data
158. g Chart and want to add text you would double tap on one of the boxes You might see something like the following If you have tapped Hide Ink on the Ink tab you will have to tap the Ink tab again in order to add text in this manner For this example we will write Marketing using the stylus SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Tablet PC e 235 The writing will be automatically replaced with text like this R Marketing Tap outside the text box to see the text added to the field like this Adding Text Using the On screen Keyboard Add a text box by tapping on the Text Tool on the Home tab and tap the stylus on the page where you want the text to begin you will get a blank text box like the one shown on the left below When hovering the Tablet Pen over the text box you should see an icon appear inside the text box like the one shown on the right Tapping on the icon will bring up the on screen keyboard It may look something like the following SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Tablet PC e 236 Using the stylus you can tap on the keyboard to enter edit text then tap to close the on screen keyboard The left side of the on screen keyboard has buttons to change the keyboard into two different styles of writing input The first one looks like the following As shown in the picture above as you write characters using the stylus a preview of the text will show up just under the line If the interpretati
159. gn column Grid Lines that have been separated by dividing cells or by dragging partial Grid Lines See also Selecting Table Cell Dividers Grid Lines SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables 121 Spacing Table Rows and Columns Evenly Space Rows Evenly e Space Columns Evenly The Space Rows Evenly and Space Columns Evenly commands under Distribute of the Table tab make all the rows or columns in the table the same height or width while changing the size of the table as little as possible If any cells contain text spacing evenly may require making all of the rows or columns the same size as the largest existing row or column containing text Resizing the Table Object Resizing the object rectangle circle etc that contains the table stretches or shrinks the table as a whole to fit the new dimensions of the object The object containing the table cannot be reduced in height to less than the minimum required height of all the rows which is specified by the table s text properties You can quickly minimize a table s height by using the mouse to shrink its bounding object vertically as far as it will go Click on the border of the table to select its bounding object then use the black selection handles to resize it Holding the Shift key down while resizing the table object with a corner selection handle will scale the entire object proportionately Joining and Splitting Table Cells The J
160. grid lines in the table The cursor appears as the normal selection tool shown at left when a click would result in the selection of the entire shape rather than specific cells Np Clicking anywhere in the table with the Multiple Selection tool always selects the shape containing the table including all cells and grid lines within it Holding the Ctrl key down while clicking on a cell allows you to select several individual cells one at a time Ctrl clicking on a selected cell de selects it Holding the Shift key down while clicking on a cell extends the selection rectangle from the Anchor cell to the clicked cell The anchor cell is the one that was first selected This is the typical behavior of Shift click found in many programs you are used to Once a cell is selected the selection can be moved using the arrow keys Holding the Shift key down while pressing an arrow key extends the selection in that direction just like shift clicking does Tabbing also moves the cell selection Changing the Appearance of Table Cells When a cell is selected either by clicking in it to open it for text editing or by highlighting it by dragging the mouse you can change its appearance with the commands on the Table Style group on the Table tab Fil Z Line v Format Tabe we Effects v Table Style Choosing Fill opens a menu identical to the Fill menu on the Home tab which is described in Changing the Appearance of Shapes The selected color or t
161. h page with dotted lines on your screen Printing on One Page SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing 201 Even if your drawing takes up more than one page on the screen you can still print it on one sheet of paper by checking the Print on One Page box inThe Print Dialog Printing Large Diagrams and Posters By checking both the Print on One Page and Scale Up to Fit Page boxes in thePrint Dialog you can print your drawing at nearly any size if you have access to a large format printer Page Setup The Define command on the Margins menu of the Page tab opens the Page Setup Dialog where you can specify the properties of your pages Many of the settings are identical to those in thePrint Dialog Page Setup includes Page orientation Paper size Printer Printer properties Printing Options Page Margins Print to Large Format The Page Setup properties are unique to each drawing If you change a printer property using this command it will affect only the current drawing Changes will have no effect on any other program any other drawing or on the global printer settings SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing 202 Page Setup m Printer Name whistler Ricoh1 51 5Printer Status Ready Type RICOH Aficio 1515 PCL 6 Where Westside Copier Printer Fax Comment Multifunction Unit m Paper m Orientation Size Letter 8 5 x 11 v Portrait Source Auto Tray
162. h the mouse makes a perfectly regular version of that shape for example a square in the case of a rectangle and a circle in the case of an oval Holding the Shift Key while resizing forces a shape to grow proportionally However for shapes that can normally be sized only proportionally holding down the Shift Key while dragging with the mouse allows them to be sized non proportionally Some of the standard shapes found in the Standard Shapes Library have a special smart resizing property by which some key components keep their original proportions even while the rest of the shape is resized The arrow shape is one example the arrowhead keeps its original shape even when the whole shape is elongated Original Stretched Some Freeform polygon shapes have additional special growth and resizing properties See Creating Closed Freeform Shapes for more details Sizing with the Arrow Keys SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 65 You can use the arrow keys to resize a shape very precisely Pressing an arrow key while holding down the Shift Key increases or decreases the size of the object by one screen pixel 1 100 of an inch at normal viewing magnification with each keystroke The right and down arrows increase the size at the right and bottom The left and up arrows decrease the size at the right and bottom If you have selected more than one object the resizing affects all of them Make Same Size Th
163. hat encloses the symbol A non automatic symbol has 16 Connection Points These are the points at which lines and other shapes will link to this symbol Automatic symbols don t show the connection points because theirs can t be adjusted SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 173 Each line linking Connection Point appears as a small black square and when selected as a black circle The Attachment Point appears as a small black diamond and when it selected as a large black diamond You can drag a connection point with the mouse to a new location within the boundaries of the shape or you can type the four arrow keys to move one that you ve selected by clicking on it To be active connection points must lie outside the text margin lines whether the text setting is Inside or not Adding and Deleting Connection Points You can delete a selected Connection Point in the Image window of the Edit Symbol dialog by typing the backspace or delete key The Attachment point diamond cannot be deleted You can add a new point by holding Ctrl while you click Each symbol can have a maximum of 16 connection points Holding down Ctrl and using the arrow keys moves the selection from one point to another Dragging a Connection Point outside the boundaries of the symbol deletes it See also Shape Connection Points Linking a Line to a Shape Change Colors Checking the Change Colors box in the Edit Symbol d
164. he Visio files in the folder C PROGRA 14 SMARTD 1 Browse STEP 3 Press the Convert Files Button to begin z Each file will be converted into a SmartDraw file with the same name in Convert Files the same folder Visio files that have more than one pages will be converted into a separate SmartDraw file for each page File Conversion Wizard Follow these steps to convert the files to SmartDraw format STEP 1 Use the drop down list to select the type of file you want to convert Visio Flowcharter etc You can choose Other to convert a format that is not listed For any format you choose the source program must be present on your computer and this program must be an OLE server most major software programs are The Wizard will warn you if you choose a format that does not meet these criteria STEP 2 Identify the file or files that you want to convert You can convert all the files in a particular folder or just one file Before you choose to convert all the files in a folder you might want to convert one of them as a test STEP 3 Start the conversion process As the Wizard converts your files you may see activity from the program that created the files and from SmartDraw itself It typically takes between 10 and 60 seconds to convert each file The converted files are stored in SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs e 228 the same folder as the origina
165. he screen at 100 dpi 2 24 f 40 Inches on the printer at 600 dpi v 0 37 0 23 Amount of memory RAM required to export 244 Kb Maximum Number of Colors Select the maximum number of colors you want to allow in your exported image The more colors you choose the more memory your image will require If your original drawing uses more colors than the number you set here some colors will be changed to reduce the total number used Some export formats restrict the number of colors you can choose Select the maximum number of colors 1677721 6v Export Bitmap Dialog You can specify the width and height of the bitmap in pixels dots screen inches or printer inches Separately you can specify the color depth but your options there may be limited by the type of format you are exporting Since bitmaps don t scale well after they are created you should export the image at the size you actually plan to use it For example if you are exporting your drawing as a GIF for a web page and you want the web image to be 400 dots or pixels on the screen then enter 400 in the first row of the Width Column The other width and height values will all change accordingly The height changes because the drawing is always scaled proportionally You can specify the Maximum Colors from the drop down list at the bottom However many image formats have specific color depths that you can t change For example a GIF always has 256 colors
166. he tree offers you more information about it Refreshing the Symbol Explorer Tree In the left column of the More Symbols dialog box closing the SmartDraw Explorer folder at the top of the Symbol Explorer tree and then re opening it causes the tree structure to be rebuilt You need not do this unless you think some installed libraries are failing to appear in the tree Your next search will rebuild the word index Sometimes installing new Symbol Libraries will cause the Explorer tree to refresh itself automatically SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide The Left Panel e 46 Library Previews and On Demand Installation Your Symbol Explorer Tree in the More Symbols dialog box may contain Previews of some Symbol Libraries that are not yet installed These previews provide the benefits of having SmartDraw s complete catalog of symbol libraries available for searching while using about 1 of the disk space required by the full libraries if completely installed A preview is a small copy of a symbol library file that contains only the preview image the small thumbnail image you see when you browse through the Explorer tree Previews let you browse and search the library catalog as if it were completely installed on your system Previews are shown in the tree with white instead of red icons More Symbols Click on a library name to preview Audit Flowchart Process StanEnd Ahemate Process 4 Block Flow Data Flow Diag
167. hen changes are made to the symbol libraries but if you suspect trouble with the index you can force it to be rebuilt by holding down the CTRL key as you click on the Search button Browsing for Symbols In addition to the keyword search you can also browse through the Symbol Libraries using the Explorer Tree in the More Symbols Dialog SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide The Left Panel e 43 Clicking on the name of a folder or the plus sign beside it opens that folder Clicking it a second time closes the folder To open a symbol library double click it or click once on it and then click the Open Library button at the bottom of the dialog box Opening Symbol Libraries amp smartDraw Symbol Libraries appear as red gray and white icons within the folders of the Explorer Tree at the left side of the More Symbols dialog box When you click on a library its contents are displayed in the right side of the More Symbols dialog box More Symbols Symbol Libraries fT Search Click on a library name to preview Search Results B Decorative Plant Group 1 E Garden Re Plants H Symbol Libraries Accident Reconstruction Anatomy amp Physiology Calendars Certificates Clip Art Crime Scenes Engineering 5 Family Trees Floor Plans Flowcharts L Forms L Gantt Charts Plant Group 7 Plant Group 8 Plant Group 9 Landscape Design Se Landscape Features ee Landscape
168. here are several Ctrl Key shortcuts for editing the outlines of freeform shapes Entering Outline Editing Mode Holding down the Ctrl Key and clicking on a shape thot is already selected will put it into outline editing mode without the use of the Edit Shape Outline command as SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines e 191 long as the shape was created with freeform drawing or has been in an outline editing mode before Adding Control Points Holding down the Ctrl Key and clicking on a shape that is already in outline editing mode adds a new control point at that location Selecting and Deleting Control Points In Outline Editing Mode Ctrl clicking on a control point the black square handle at the junction of two segments selects the control point Selected control points are green Typing the Delete Key removes the selected control point See Editing the Outline of Shapes See Drawing Freeform Lines and Shapes SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines e 192 Viewing and Printing The Drawing Area If you are running Windows 2000 XP or Vista the SmartDraw work area or page is actually a huge space that can accommodate a drawing up to 100 000 by 100 000 inches If your drawing requires only a single page you may never see the additional pages which appear when an object extends or is placed beyond the edge of the first page You can define the size
169. hich are based on tables If you draw a line on top of your table using the Straight Line Curved Line Shape Connector or Curved Connector tools the end points of the line will link to the table cells Now if the table is moved stretched rotated or reformatted the line automatically moves with the cells it is attached to The line itself can be bent or otherwise reconfigured and its endpoints will remain locked in place in their table cells In the example below the red line with the arrowhead was drawn on top of the table and the line was allowed fo link to the table cells A line linked to table cells Then the Insert Column command was used to add a new column to the left of the middle one The line automatically stretched to stay attached to the original cells to which it was linked The same table after Insert Column The endpoints of the line can be linked at three different vertical positions with respect to a table row the top center or bottom of the row Linking to the top or bottom places the line directly on top of the row Grid Line Within the columns the endpoints of the line can be linked to any position along the horizontal axis in other words the horizontal linking points are continuous SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables 126 You can also link one end of a line to a table cell and the other end to a shape outside the table This effectively treats the table cell as one ob
170. his command all your layers are already visible Removing Layers SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Layers e 140 You can remove a layer from the drawing by selecting its name in the Define Layers dialog box and pressing the Remove Layer button Any objects assigned to this layer are automatically re assigned to the top layer See also The Layer Tabs The Layer Tabs If more than one layer exists in your drawing then Layer Tabs appear at the bottom of the drawing window h Furniture 2A Wall A Jefault sy Each tab represents one layer The active layer tab is white and the inactive layer tabs are blue Clicking once on a tab makes that layer active Double clicking on a tab opens the Define Layers dialog Small icons on each tab indicate the layer properties The eye appears if the layer is set to be visible A red X appears over the eye if the layer is set to be invisible A lock icon appears if the layer is set to be non clickable Clicking on the small down arrow below these icons brings up a menu that allows you to change the layer properties Right clicking on the Layer Tab brings up the same menu The active layer is always clickable and visible even if only temporarily If you want to quickly make all your layers visible you can use the Show All Layers command on the Layers menu of the Page tab If a checkmark appears beside this command all your layers are already visible If the number of
171. ialog allows SmartDraw to automatically change the fill color line color border color and other properties of a symbol the moment it is added to a drawing in order to conform with an existing color scheme in that drawing If Change Colors is turned off the symbol behaves like an imported image SmartDraw cannot adapt it to the color scheme of the existing drawing For example applying a border style places a border around the entire symbol but does not change the look of the lines making up the symbol itself which cannot be overridden Also the symbol retains its original linking properties and other settings instead of being overridden by the current default settings for that drawing SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 174 When Change Colors is turned on the color of the lines and borders follow the current Line Color setting The fill follows the Fill Color Transparent fills are not affected by the fill color The substitution of colors for lines fills etc may not work for all symbols If the symbol contains bitmapped images these may be unaffected by checking the color box If you turn on Change Colors you should experiment with a copy of the symbol to see how it is affected If the result is unsatisfactory return to the dialog and un check the box again When a symbol is set to Automatic the colors and other properties will always change to adopt the current color scheme in the drawing Only native
172. ibrary symbols You can link lines to them flip them rotate them and resize them OLE Objects in SmartDraw Libraries If you add an OLE object from another program such as Excel to a SmartDraw symbol library it retains its OLE nature and its connection to the parent program This way you can create libraries of live objects that can be opened and edited in their parent programs while remaining stored in SmartDraw for future use OLE objects from the following programs can be inserted into SmartDraw using the Insert tab and its More menu in SmartDraw MS Word MS Excel MS PowerPoint MS Graphs SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs 217 MS Equations MS WordArt Prism Graphs Insert Object Allows you to select an OLE object to insert from any one of the countless other OLE server programs See Inserting Objects Into SmartDraw with the Insert Command See also Editing OLE Objects that have been Inserted into SmartDraw Editing OLE Objects that have been Inserted into SmartDraw When you have inserted an Object from an OLE server program such as Microsoft Word Excel Graph etc into your drawing it remains a live OLE object linked to its source program You can re open the object from within SmartDraw so that any changes you make to it in the original program will be updated in your SmartDraw drawing To edit the OLE object select it on your page the
173. ide Arranging Objects e 133 Changing the Front to Back Order Every object on the page is either in front of or behind any other given object depending on the order in which they were created or the layer in which they lie You can change the front to back order of the objects in your drawing using the Bring to Front or Send to Back commands on the Design tab m Before After Bringing the rectangle to Front Bring to Front moves any selected objects in front of the non selected objects Send to Back does the reverse Before After Send to Back If your drawing has multiple layers using Bring to Front will move the object to the top layer Using Send to Back will move it to the bottom layer These commands have no visible effect unless objects overlap one another but they always affect operations that depend on front to back order such as selecting objects with the Tab key See also Changing the Order of Objects within a Layer The Tab Order The order in which objects become selected as you type the Tab key is called the Tab Order The tab order is the order in which objects were created unless you use the Bring to Front or Send to Back commands to change this order SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Arranging Objects 134 See also Changing the Front to Back Order See also Changing the Order of Objects within a Layer Locking Objects With the Lock Object command you can lock an o
174. ies as the target object The target object has black section handles SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Arranging Objects e 132 After Make Same Size Command Objects that can only shrink or grow proportionally such as squares and circles maintain their proportions when using this command Spacing Objects Evenly H The Space Evenly command on the Design tab arranges three or more selected objects to have equal space between them d Space Evenly Vertically Hho Space Evenly Horizontally a a Both The Space Evenly Menu Horizontally Soaces objects equally in the horizontal direction only Vertically Soaces objects equally in the vertical direction only Both Spaces objects evenly in both directions at the same time Centering the Drawing in the Work Area The Center in Work Area command on the Page tab moves all the objects in the drawing so that they are centered in the minimum number of pages needed to print them This command applies to all objects not just selected objects The entire drawing is also moved to the top left of the drawing area if needed If your drawing does not fit on one page you can still print it on a single page by checking the Print on One Page check box in the Print dialog This will shrink your entire drawing proportionally to fit on one printed page It will not change the size of the actual drawing only the printed output SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Gu
175. iew Zoom 100 The View is the magnification at which you view the drawing area You control the View using the Zoom Tool found on the Work Area Toolbar SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing e 196 You open the View Settings menu by clicking on the figure next to the Zoom Tool icon The settings Fit to Window Fit to Page 50 75 100 150 200 400 and Custom control the View 100 shows objects at their natural size The other settings make objects look smaller or bigger than they really are Choosing Custom opens the Set Window Zoom Dialog You can use this to set the scale to any values between 5 and 1000 Set Window Zoom Zoom window by Percent Cancel Hint This dialog sets the zoom level for your Help drawings in the window It has no effect on printed output Set Window Zoom Dialog Since all SmartDraw drawings can occupy an extraordinarily large area unless your drawing is very large you normally work only with a small part of this potential area up in the top left corner Page 1 is the top left page in the drawing area If your drawing requires only a single page you may never see the additional pages which appear when an object extends or is placed beyond the edge of the first page The Fit to Page selection scales the window to show at least one complete page Fit to Window will scale the view of your entire drawing no matter how many pages it may con
176. imensions of the selected object s are displayed la Dialog Launcher Open a dialog with options for resizing linking printing and more The OLE Group Links H Objects v OLE Links Manage linked OLE objects in your document e Object Manage an OLE object that has been imported from another program to SmartDraw The Insert Tab The Insert Group in the Insert tab has a set of commands represented by buttons and menus The Insert Group adah j Table Picture Chart Map WebPage HyperLink More b a a Insert C Insert Table Insert a table into your drawing or into a selected object SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started e 24 fa Insert Picture Insert a picture into your drawing or into a selected object ali Insert Chart Insert a chart into the work area wi Insert Map Import a Map Powered by Google amp Insert Web Page Import a Web Page into the work area Q Insert Hyperlink Add a hyperlink from a selected object to a webpage document program or SmartDraw file 4A More Insert other kinds of objects into your drawing The Page Tab Each of the Groups in the Page tab has sets of commands represented by buttons and menus The Page Style Group Background 7 Page Styk Background Change the background color or texture or picture for the document The Page Setup Group Sal Layers v a Ei Work Area cones Sens 3 Centerin Work Area Page S
177. immediately in The Explorer Tree and the new library opens as a floating library window above you drawing You can dock the floating library in the left panel if you like by dragging it there SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 177 Your new library window because it is empty will have no symbol buttons You can add symbols to the new library by dragging them from the page from other SmartDraw drawings or other symbol libraries See Adding New Symbols to a Library See Transferring Symbols between Libraries The Library Builder Wizard The Library Builder Wizard converts graphics files in many popular formats into SmartDraw libraries It can convert an entire folder of graphics files into one or more libraries or even convert a file tree of many folders into many libraries organized into categories The Library Builder Wizard is ideal for converting your clip art files into SmartDraw symbols It can convert thousands of images in just a few minutes Open the Library Builder Wizard by clicking the SmartDraw Button then selecting Library Builder Wizard Under Library SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 178 SmartDraw Library Builder Wizard Convert your clipart files into SmartDraw symbol libraries by following the simple steps below STEP 1 Choose the type of file you want to convert Enhanced Metafile EMF X STEP 2 Choose the folder of files that you want to convert
178. include Win95 and Q4 Ignore Words with Mixed Case When enabled any words containing an unusual mixture of upper and lower case letters are ignored Examples of such words include SmartDraw and Caps Lock Ignore Domain Names When enabled any words containing a domain name will be ignored You might have this checked if the text being checked contains email addresses or websites Report Doubled Words When enabled any word appearing twice in a row is reported via the Check Spelling Dialog Case Sensitive When enabled a distinction is made between capitalized and non capitalized words For example canada is considered different from Canada so canada would be reported as a misspelling When the option is disabled canada and Canada are considered identical Note that the performance of the spelling checker will be reduced if this option is disabled Phonetic Suggestions When enabled suggestions are made on the basis of phonetic sounds like similarity to the misspelled word This option tends to improve suggestions for badly misspelled words Enabling this option will increase the time required to locate suggestions Note that either this option or the Typographical Suggestions option must be enabled or no suggestions will be offered Typographical Suggestions When enabled suggestions are made on the basis of typographical looks like similarity to the misspelled word This option is appropriate for people who are genera
179. ine Using the Alt key to select a segment of a column Grid Line allows the small selected segment to be moved changing the width of the immediately adjoining cells This is one way to create tables with cell arrangements that are more complicated than regular rows and columns Project Management ep Alt Drag just the top row column Grid Line Project Management When column Grid Lines are moved while holding down the Alt key the cell to one side of the Grid Line becomes narrower as the one on the other side becomes wider The width of the overall table remains unaffected unless forced to grow to maintain a minimum width for a column Changing the Rightmost Column and Bottommost Row The far right and bottom edges of the table border behave like Grid Lines and can be dragged with the mouse The Grid Line cursor appears just inside these edges when you place the mouse over them unlike interior Grid Lines where it appears directly on top of the Grid Line Dragging on this phantom Grid Line changes the width of the rightmost column or height of the bottom row Grid Snaps and Table Grid Lines If grid snaps are turned on under Grid on the Page tab the invisible page Grid affects the position of cell Grid Lines When the snaps are active row heights snap to whole line heights as determined by the height of the first line in the table and column Grid Lines snap to the lines of the invisible grid This makes it easy to re ali
180. insert columns in your table using the Insert Left or Insert Right and rows using the Insert Above or Insert Below commands on the Table tab SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables 123 Inset Insert Insert Insert Left Right Above Below You can choose to insert a row Above or Below the selected row the row where your cursor is or where you have a cell highlighted Before Insert Row Above After Insert Row Above You can insert a column to the left or right of a selected column Iil Before Insert Column on Left After Insert Column on Left Deleting Table Rows and Columns The Delete commands on the Table tab give you two options SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables e 124 Inset Inset Insen Left Right Abow E Remove Row f H Remove Column Delete Contents of Row Delete Contents of Column Remove Row Column Remove the entire row or column of cells from the table Delete Contents of Row Column Remove only the text and other contents such as images from the row or column Deleting Copying and Pasting Text in Tables With a single keystroke you can delete the contents text or graphic of a selected table cell without removing the cell itself Pressing the Backspace or Delete key erases the contents in all selected cells The content of selected cells can be copied to the clipboard using the Copy or Cut commands on the Home tab Pasting the content back into a SmartDraw
181. insertion point left and right within the text of the current cell but to the left and right cell respectively if the cell contains no text Note that cells with the No Text Editing attribute under the More menu of the Table tab are skipped when moving the insertion point with the tab key This is particularly useful in forms where you can use this to lock the cells containing fixed information such as labels or prompts so users automatically skip those cells wnen tabbing through the form Selecting Table Cells Clicking and dragging the mouse within a table when the text insertion cursor is active selects a range of cells highlighting their centers with black just as in Excel and other spreadsheets The insertion cursor is the typical text insertion cursor that looks like the letter C Selected table cells If the table is configured for single click text entry the text insertion cursor appears automatically when your mouse hovers over the table cells If it is set for double click text entry you must click twice on a cell to get the text insertion cursor d Rows and columns can also be selected by clicking at the leftmost or topmost edge of the table When a click would select a row or column the cursor is disolayed as a wide arrow shown ot left SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables 118 R Selecting the overall shape that contains the table by clicking on its border selects all the cells and
182. inside the SmartDraw program folder Each language has its own folder inside the Spelling folder All users on a network share these dictionaries The custom dictionaries that users edit are stored in a folder inside their Windows folder called SmartDraw Each user on a network has separate personal custom dictionaries The Spelling Dictionaries Pressing the Dictionaries button in the Check Spelling dialog or using the Spelling Dictionary command on the Spellcheck submenu of the SmartDraw Button opens the Spelling Dictionaries Dialog This allows you to manage your own custom dictionaries where your own private words like your name special acronyms etc are stored Spelling Dictionaries Words Other word 0 01 mF 1000 00d Add Word Import 100kW 105th v Delete Word Export Action Ignore skip v Files Add File userdic tl v New File Language American English __NewFie Remove File Ho The Spelling Dictionaries Dialog box The Dictionary Dialog has the following controls Words This contains the list of words in the currently selected user dictionary as well as the currently selected word SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 104 Other Word This contains an alternate word associated with the currently selected word The other word is used in the Auto change and Conditionally change actions to supply a replacement word You can enter phrases of more than on
183. int properly F Allow Image Drop Checking this box allows images to be dropped into the shape Shape Properties Dialog The properties you set in this dialog affect only the selected shape on the page not the master copy of the shape on the toolbar or in a symbol library There are four choices of sizing behavior 1 Proportionally The object has four growth handles one at each corner and maintains its proportions when re sized Imported images and many library symbols are initially set to resize proportionally 2 Horizontally Only The object has only two growth handles and can be resized only in the horizontal direction 3 Vertically Only The object has only two growth handles and can be resized only in the vertical direction 4 No restrictions The object can grow in all directions without maintaining proportions These objects have eight growth handles four on the corners and four on the sides SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw 67 If the shape is a Freeform polygon checking the box labeled Allow sides to be independently adjusted causes dimension labels to appear on all sides of the shape Otherwise the dimensions shown are those of the invisible rectangle that encloses a shape Show Dimensions allows you to add automatic Length Labels to the sides of the shape which change dynamically to display the current length in the units displayed on the rulers You can choose whether
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185. isible object Background text objects behave like other rectangular shapes You can select them for editing by clicking on them You can drag them from place to place or change their properties fill color border color font etc using the commands on the Main Toolbar Unique Properties of Text Objects Text objects do have some properties that differ from normal objects They align with the Grid Snaps along the baseline of the first line of text not their center or top left corner like other objects SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 93 Text Objects are automatically removed from the drawing if all their text contents are deleted so that your drawing does not become littered with invisible empty text objects Text Entry and the Tab Key If you are entering text into an object typing the Tab key selects the next object in the drawing according to the tab order and opens it for text editing Shift Tab does the same in the reverse order You can use this feature to enter text in your objects the way you would fill in a form Double click on the first object and enter text Then tab to the next object enter text tab again and so on If you are entering text in a table the Tab key moves you to the next text entry field in the table Once you reach the last table field a tab takes you to the next object You can enter a tab character into an object by typing Ctrl alt tab See also The Tab Order in
186. ividual objects in a group can be edited Clicking on any member of a group selects the group Objects whose position is determined by links to other objects are automatically included in groups Moving any part of the group moves all members of the group Sizing the group sizes all members of the group Rotation rotates the group as if it were a single object Duplicating copying and pasting applies to the group as a whole Locked objects cannot be included in groups Groups cannot be flipped Hyperlinks are not accessible in a group however they are maintained upon ungrouping Ungrouping Imported Objects You can also group and ungroup most imported objects into native SmartDraw objects This is described in Ungrouping Imported Images in the section on using SmartDraw with other programs Adding Groups to Symbol Libraries You can add a grouped object to a symbol library by dragging it onto a library window like any other object Groups retain their properties as library symbols and SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Arranging Objects 136 are drawn as a grouped object when placed in a drawing See Adding New Symbols to a Library SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Arranging Objects e 137 Using Layers Using Layers SmartDraw allows you to define more than one Layer in your drawing A layer is an invisible plane that contains its own shapes lines symbols and other drawing objects You can think of it a
187. ject and the outside shape as another and in that respect is similar to the normal practice of Linking a Line to a Shape See also Shape Linking in Tables Shape Linking in Tables As with Line Linking In Tables shapes can be linked to table cells This is commonly used in Gantt Charts Timelines and Calendars which are based on tables but applies to any SmartDraw table You can use this property in two ways 1 Small shapes such as the symbols used in some types of matrix can be linked and stuck to the table cells within which they lie For example the red and green symbols in the illustration below are shapes linked to table cells Shapes and lines linked to table cells For a shape to be able fo link to table cells Allow Shape to Link to Cells in Tables must be turned on for that particular selected shape in its Shape Properties under the Shape Outline menu on the Design tab Some shapes such as Resource amp Task Matrix symbols are already set this way For other shapes you may need to set it manually if you want to link them to a table cell 2 Table cells can also be indirectly linked to shapes outside the table by drawing a line between them This effectively treats the table cell as one object and the outside shape as another and in that respect is similar to the normal practice of Linking a Line to a Shape SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables 127 AutoFill in Tables The row and column he
188. king a particular kind of drawing The built in SmartTemplates appear in the Document Browser You can create and save your own custom SmariTemplates that will appear in the Document Browser under My Templates When you Create a New Document by opening a template SmartDraw makes a copy of the template for you to work with The original template remains untouched and available for future use To create a SmartTemplate save your drawing using the Save As Template command under the SmartDraw Button Instead of SDR a template has the file extension SDT The Save as Template dialog prompts you to name your template You can also add keywords separated by commas that you think may be useful later when searching for the template You can create a sub category inside My Templates by selecting the Create New Category button Clicking OK saves your drawing as a new template and if appropriate creates the new category This is reflected immediately in the Document Browser Designing SmartTemplates Your custom Smartlemplate does more than just save a drawing as a starting point for future use It also saves all the default settings of that particular document Those default settings include SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Customizing SmartDraw e 239 Snap to grid alignment Line and Shape linking settings The Design Theme Line and border thickness Font Rulers and their scale Page orientation and size Zoom level It
189. l and Library Tabs SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide The Left Panel e 38 SmarPanel Library Design Landscape Add Boundary Select thistool to add boundares to the landscape desgn Build Landscape a O o se S Furntue Greeney Festues Mor ppe A JC A Freeform Po Kidney Sha Oval Swimm Rectange P Rectange P Rectangubr r Select howline dimension willbe displayed Formore help click the icon to open the SmartHelp panel on the nght sideof your screen The Left Panel The SmartPanel Tab The SmartPanel contains buttons and commands relevant to a specific template category All of these commands can be found elsewhere in the program window such as the Main Toolbar but the SmartPanel is designed to make creating the specified drawing fast and easy Each SmartPanel contains a SmartHelp Button at the bottom to guide you through creating your drawing When necessary the SmartPanel contains a small Symbol Library Gallery containing a selection of libraries that are pertinent to the diagram type In some SmartPanels like the Landscape Design above the Libraries are topped by Library Selector Buttons that you can click on to quickly switch between libraries In other SmartPanels such as the one below there is a Library Selector Menu SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide The Left Panel e 39 Add Shapes Astronomy At heal Lu G Observatory Observ
190. l convert any files specified in that folder into a new library with the same name as that folder For example if you are converting 20 WMF files from a folder called Garden Tools these will be converted into one library called Garden Tools SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 179 If there are more than 100 files in the folder selected then two or more libraries will be created They will be numbered Garden Tools 1 Garden Tools 2 and so on 2 Selecting Convert all of the files in this folder s subfolders into multiple libraries will convert any files of the selected type in the specified folder s subfolders into separate libraries each with the same name as their subfolder For example if the Tools folder is selected and it contains three subfolders called Garden Tools Garage Tools and Woodshop Tools three libraries called Garden Tools Garage Tools and Woodshop Tools will be created If the subfolders like Garden Tools themselves contain subfolders then files in these subfolders will also be converted into libraries with their subfolder name and so on The whole folder tree starting with the folder selected will be converted into a matching tree of libraries STEP 3 Select the Category for the New Libraries Use the Browse button to select the library category that will contain your newly created library For example if you choose ClipArt amp Flyers Tools as the category using our earlier example
191. l files with the same name but with a SmartDraw SDR file extension For example if you have a Visio file C MyDrawings flowchart vsd The Wizard will create a corresponding SmartDraw file C MyDrawings flowchart sdr If the Visio file has multiple pages the Wizard will create a SmartDraw file for each page C MyDrawings flowchart Pagel1 sdr C MyDrawings flowchart Page2 sdr and so on Fine Tuning the File Conversion The Wizard extracts a Windows metafile from each of the files to be converted Then it decomposes the metafile into native SmartDraw objects By default the settings for this decomposition are optimized for converting flowcharts and similar diagrams You can adjust these settings by pressing the Fine Tuning button in the Wizard dialog to display the Separate Drawing dialog Exporting Drawings SmartDraw can export drawings in several standard Windows file formats using the Export command under the SmartDraw Button In addition to the files shown on the face of the tab you can open the More menu by clicking the down arrow to reveal more formats SmartDraw can export the following vector formats Windows Metafile WMF Enhanced Metafile WMF Encapsulated Postscript EPS AutoCAD DXF CGM HPGL SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs e 229 PDF Adobe Illustrator MicroGrafx Draw SmartDraw can export the following Bitmap formats
192. layer tabs exceeds the space available at the bottom of the drawing area scroll buttons appear at the left of the tabs allowing you to scroll left and right through the layers The maximum number of layers in a drawing is 32 The Active Layer The layer with the currently selected Tab is the Active Layer SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Layers 141 The active layer is always visible and clickable even if only temporarily All newly created objects are normally assigned to the active layer automatically There are only three exceptions to this rule Objects created with the Duplicate command remain in the layer of the object that was duplicated Objects Copied and Pasted within a drawing stay in the layer they were copied from Objects Copied and Pasted from one drawing to another remain in their respective layer only if the destination drawing has a layer with the same name as the original layer Otherwise they are assigned to the active layer If you want to work on a particular layer you can make it active by clicking on its Layer Tab at the bottom of the drawing window See also The Layer Tabs Moving Objects Between Layers Any selected object can be moved to another layer or moved to the top or bottom within its own layer The Move Object to Layer command on the Layers menu of the Page tab will move the currently selected object to the layer that you specify on the drop down list oA
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194. ll Causes this and all further occurrences of this misspelled word to be skipped You might use this button if the word reported as a misspelling is actually spelled correctly If the word is one you use frequently you may wish add it to your dictionary by selecting the Add button Add This adds the reported word to the dictionary that is currently selected in the Add Words To list Use the Add button if a correctly spelled word you use often is reported as a misspelling e g your family name If the word is not used frequently you may want to select the Ignore or Ignore All buttons instead Change Causes the reported word to be replaced with the highlighted word in the Suggestions box or a word you have typed in the Not in Dictionary box to replace the misspelled word Only this occurrence of the reported word is replaced If you want this and all following occurrences of the word replaced select the Change All button Change All Causes this and all following occurrences of the reported word to be replaced with the new word If you want only this occurrence of the word to be replaced use the Change bution If the reported word is one you frequently misspell you might consider adding it to the dictionary Suggest Search more thoroughly for suggested replacements for the current misspelled word Each time you press the Suggest button a deeper search is made The Suggest button is disabled once all possible suggestions have
195. lly good spellers Note that either this option or the Phonetic Suggestions option must be enabled or no suggestions will be offered Suggest Split Word SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 109 When enabled two separate words will be suggested as a replacement for a misspelling containing two joined words For example is the would be suggested as a replacement for isthe Auto Correct When enabled words marked with Auto Change actions will automatically be changed to their specified replacements When disabled you will be prompted before the words are changed Suggestions Determines the speed and accuracy of the initial search for suggested replacements for misspelled words When a misspelled word is detected a search is automatically made for suggestions This option controls the soeed and accuracy of this automatic search Pressing the Suggest button in the Check Spelling dialog causes an increasingly more accurate but slower search for suggestions with each successive click OK Closes the Spelling Options Dialog and returns you to your document Help Opens the help topic associated with spelling options Cancel Closes the Spelling Options Dialog Find and Replace As with most text editing programs SmartDraw can find any word or string of words in your drawing and if you like replace it with a different word or words The Find and Replace commands appear on the Page tab e Replace
196. lowcharts in one file Commands like Center Drawing on Page and Print on One Page assume that the contents of a file are one drawing There is nothing to gain by storing multiple drawings in one file Put all drawings you want to print separately in their own drawing file If you have already put more than one drawing in the same file it is easy to separate them by using Copy and Paste to place them into new files Tool Default Settings If you change the characteristics of an object in your drawing such as the fill color of a shape or the thickness of a line the next object you draw will have those characteristics The few exceptions to this rule are specialized settings that you are unlikely to want as a default SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 36 If you choose to you can set your own custom default settings for new documents This is described in the Creating Custom SmartTemplates section under Designing SmartTemplates Exiting SmartDraw You can exit and close any running copy of the SmartDraw program by clicking the Close Button X at the upper right corner of the SmartDraw program window You can also use the keyboard shortcut Alt F4 Before the program quits you are prompted to save any open drawings that have been changed SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 37 The Left Panel The Left Panel The Left Panel at the left side of the Work Area displays the SmartPane
197. m Connection Points which allows you to add remove or reposition Connection Points at will Most library symbols only have Custom Connection Points and cannot be set to Default or Continuous though there are exceptions such as the closed polygons mentioned above The number of Default or Custom Connection Points on any shape may not exceed 16 Continuous Connection Points are essentially infinite Modifying the Connection Points for a symbol on your page only modifies that single instance of that object It does not modify the master copy of that shape in the symbol libraries However you can permanently alter the Connection Points for a SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Linking Lines and Shapes e 146 library symbol using the Edit Symbol function accessed by right clicking the symbol in the symbol library You may want to make a copy of the symbol and modify that one so that you don t lose the properties of the original The Shape Attachment Point Each shape or symbol also has an Attachment Point Usually at its center which determines where it will link if attached to a line or attached to another shape s border or to a table cell You can move the attachment point using the Connection Points dialog where the Attachment Point is shown as a diamond As with Connection Points modifying the Attachment Point for a shape or symbol on your page only modifies that single instance of that object It does not modify the master
198. mand under the Edit Menu the dialog opens out to its expanded form Find and Replace FindWhat Going Replace with Replace I Match whole word only I Match case Replace All Close Expanded Find and Replace Dialog If the target string is highlighted in your drawing pressing the Replace button will replace the target with the replacement string and then go on to find the next match Pressing Replace again replaces the next match and so on SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 111 You can replace all instances initially in your selected range and then in the entire document automatically by pressing the Replace All button Find Next Menu Command After you close the Find and Replace dialog your target and replacement strings and checkbox settings are remembered even between sessions You can find the next instance of the current target string at any time without showing the Find and Replace Dialog by using the Find Next command under the Edit Menu The shortcut to the Find Next command is the F3 key Holding the Shift key down and typing F3 finds the previous match The search order of objects is the same as their tabbing order in the drawing Using Tables What are Tables Normally text entered into a SmartDraw object occupies a single text entry area that fills the object However SmartDraw also supports Tables which contain multiple text entry areas within a single shape
199. mbol from the right click menu These properties include everything from the way the symbol can change color to the way objects connect to it the way text appears in it the way it can be resized and much more Edit Symbol Preferred Size OK Use Fixed Size Scale to Ruler Settings Width 2 00 Height f 00 Units f Grow Help Enter Text N Tt V Automatic Settings Q ot Checking this box sets the growing text and connect point properties to those automatically provided by SmartDraw Attaching to Lines IV Change colors Adjust the point within the shape that attaches to lines by dragging the diamond shown in the image You can also adjust its position using the controls below Actoss 50 00 Down 50 00 x The grayed settings are assigned automatically to the SmartDraw objects contained in this symbol To change these uncheck the Automatic box above Symbol Name Decision English Automatic Settings The Edit Symbol Dialog Checking this box will allow you to change the colors of borders and shapes using the Shape menu This may not work for some user created symbols Press Help for more details If Automatic Settings is checked in the Edit Symbol dialog the symbol was originally created with SmartDraw and will behave as a native SmartDraw object when added to a drawing You cannot override the properties of a symbol with Automatic Settings checked If the box is unch
200. ments A Search Results My Favorites The Template Search Bar In addition to searching the words in the templates names SmartDraw also searches through keywords associated with each template You can enter more than one word into the Search Box separated by spaces or commas SmartDraw finds matches for templates that contain all of the words that you specify In Boolean terms the search is an AND search If you want to make it an OR search you can type Keyword OR Keyword and SmartDraw will find any of the keywords that you type The search is not case sensitive It doesn t matter if the words are in capital letters Partial matches are found as long as the word begins with the search word For example if you searched for Form matches would be found for Forms and Formula but not Perform The search results appear in the Search Results folder near the top of the template category list The results of your last search will be available there until you conduct a new search SmartTemplate Favorites If you right click on a SmartTemplate or Example which we will collectively call templates in the Document Browser you can add it to My Favorites which appears near the top of the category list SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 52 Search j i My SmartDraw Documents My Favorites SmartT emplates A Search Results r Calendars ie Cause amp Effect Ce
201. n click Objects on the Design tab and select Open This will open the object in its source program for editing When you exit that program the changes will be updated in the SmartDraw drawing You can also open the object in its source program by double clicking on it in SmartDraw Converting an Embedded OLE Object You can convert an embedded OLE object from another program to a different type of OLE object without having to re insert it Select the object on the page then click Objects on the Design tab In the submenu choose Convert and select the type of object you want to convert it to See also Adding Office Objects to SmartDraw with Paste and Paste Special SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs 218 Adding Office Objects to SmartDraw with Paste and Paste Special In addition to using the Insert Commands buttons you can also Paste an object from Microsoft Office or other OLE Server programs into SmartDraw When you do this SmartDraw makes its own copy of the imported object and stores it in the drawing as an embedded object On the other hand if you paste using the Paste Special command under the Paste menu of the Home tab in SmartDraw you can choose between several different ways of pasting your Office object into your drawing Using this command displays the Paste Special Dialog Paste Special Source C 42008 User Guide SmartDraw 7 doc As P
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203. n the colored arrow next to the field name on the gray header buttons to choose one of the three options for that field View Field in Org Chart Hide Field in Org Chart Do Not Import Field You can also specify the font and color of the field names using the controls on this menu Rules and Behavior of the Org Chart Import Function The Org Chart Import function interprets the data file according to the following rules The import will delete any non shape objects such as images or symbols linked to a Connector If no Connector line is found in the document SmartDraw will create a new one using a default box shape to contain the data records The fields in each data record unless hidden or not imported will be stacked one atop another in the boxes Each box is a Table and each field occupies a separate cell in the table An imported Org Chart always has the Automatically Space Boxes option on the More menu of the Org Chart SmartPanel turned on Exporting Org Charts to Data Files The Export Org Chart to Data function relies on many of the same functions found in the Import Chart from Data command only in reverse so a careful reading of that section will helo you understand the export behavior SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Automatic Connector Lines e 164 This function is available only from the Export Chart to Data command on the Advanced Options menu of the Org Chart SmartPanel Rules and Behaviors of the
204. ne of a Shape Changing the Appearance of Lines The Lines command on the Shape Styles group of the Home tab controls the appearance of lines on your page A line can be filled with color or texture just like a shape Its style may be dotted dashed or solid double lined in a choice of several different thicknesses SSnhAdAAN_A___EEyTC Tc AAA T A Line filled with a colored hatch pattern Line Fills The fill color and texture of a line behave just like the fill of a shape See Changing the Appearance of Shapes for a description of fill properties Line Thickness SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing e 80 The Thickness menu appears under the Line button in the Shape Styles group of the Home tab a Custom Thickness Menu Dashed Lines The Dashes menu appears under the Line button in the Shape Styles group of the Home tab The double line style is also found on this menu The Dashes Menu Arrowheads You can add arrowheads to either or both ends of any line The standard arrowheads are always at your fingertips on the Drawing Area Toolbar and there are 35 specialized arrowhead styles if you need more options To add arrowheads to a selected line click the Arrowheads Tool on the Home tab and choose a position left right or both from the menu None Right Both av of Et et ok Custom SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing
205. nes occur only when the Enter Key is typed More More Text More Text More Text Text Horizontal Text Sizing 3 Vertically This is the default for most shapes The width of the object stays constant and the object grows vertically as new lines are added More Text Vertical Text Sizing Effect of Text Alignment As an object grows according to these rules it maintains a fixed point based on its text alignment If text inside an object is centered the center of the object remains fixed and the object grows outward from the center An object with left aligned text remains fixed at its left edge and grows on the right Objects with top justified text grow downward and so on Allowing Text to Shrink You can force the text inside an object to attempt to shrink before it causes the object to grow by checking Allow Text to Shrink You can specify the minimum size that the text will shrink to before it forces the object to grow Text Margins The gap between the edge of the text inside an object and the inside edge of the object border is set using the Text Margins control It is adjustable in increments of 1 100 of an inch and defaults to 2 Text Entry and Mouse Clicks The three Allow Text Editing with a choices allow you to set whether a single click or a double click on an object opens it for text editing or whether it can be opened for text editing at all SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e
206. nes that could be interpreted as a segmented line instead into separate lines Separate curves and other sequences of lines into many individual objects Freehand drawings often have many complex curves These can be decomposed into hundreds and sometimes thousands of tiny SmartDraw lines or left combined as a single curve Checking this box forces their decomposition into many short straight lines This will be appropriate only in rare cases Opening Files Created with Other Flowchart Programs SmartDraw can intelligently disassemble files from other flowchart programs such as Visio Flowcharter etc and turn them into usable SmartDraw charts Note that this process cannot be perfect since other programs often contain objects that SmartDraw does not and vice versa To convert a flowchart to SmartDraw format first save it from the original program in Windows Metafile WMF or Enhanced Metafile EMF format using the program s own export or save Command Then you can open the foreign file in SmartDraw using the Import Object Command on the More menu of the SmartDraw Insert tab SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs e 226 When the file opens the Separate Drawing dialog appears The settings for conversion of flowcharts are already selected but this gives you an opportunity to adjust them if your drawing does not convert well with the default settings Press OK and the d
207. nked drawings as a set of interlinked web pages Web Site Mapping The ability to hyperlink a symbol to a web page URL makes it easy to draw a flowchart representing the structure of a web site Each symbol in the drawing can be linked to the web page it represents When you export the drawing to HTML the hyperlinks stay active and you have a clickable map of the web site Hyperlinking Notes and Background Information You can attach a page of notes to any object in your drawing by hyperlinking to a word processing document For example in a network diagram you could attach a document that shows the make model serial numbers and history of a given piece of hardware linked to its symbol in the drawing Clicking on the symbol opens its document Limitations to Hyperlinking Hyperlinks to programs and documents located on your computer are not retained when you export the drawing to HTML These links are only present when viewing the drawing in the SmartDraw Program If you want to create hyperlinks to documents and programs in your HTML document the document and or program needs to first be available on the website Once the files are available obtain the web page address SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Publishing To The Web e 214 htto www and use this address in combination with the Web Page hyperlink Using SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs Inserting Drawings into to Microsof
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209. nside its invisible bounding shape exactly Changing its alignment to right or left has no visible effect when the text is already touching both sides of its bounding shape However the direction that the background text object will grow when text is added is affected SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 89 Automatic Text Resizing As you add text inside one of the standard Shapes available from the Home tab the text wraps inside it until the shape is full Then as you enter more text the size of the shape grows automatically to accommodate more text Mary had a little lamb Mary had a Mary had a whose little lamb little lamb fleece was whose white as snow The way an object grows to accommodate more text is determined by both the alignment of the text in the object and the sizing rules specified for that object in the Text Entry Properties dialog box Text Entry Properties You can change the text entry properties for a selected object by choosing Text Entry on the Design tab This opens the Text Entry Properties dialog box SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 90 Text Entry Properties Shapes change size when you add text This dialog controls the way shapes change size as you add and remove text The choices you make apply only to the shapes that are currently Cancel selected Press help for more information Hel Select a sizing rule z
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215. of the ready made SmartTemplates The Placeholders are temporary images meant to be replaced by your real images Double click on the placeholder to open the Browse dialog and then browse to the picture the same way you would using the Insert command Double clicking on any existing bitmap picture in a drawing also opens the Browse dialog and any photo you choose replaces the one you clicked on The same happens if you use the Picture command on the Insert tab while an existing picture is selected on the page You can delete a Picture or a Picture Placeholder from the page like any other object by clicking on it to select it and pressing the delete key How Cut Copy and Paste Work in SmartDraw You can exchange information between SmartDraw documents and between SmartDraw and other programs using the clipboard and the standard Edit commands Cut Copy and Paste The clipboard is a place that Windows temporarily stores text pictures and other data that have been copied so that they can be transferred to another document or program with the Paste command Cut and Copy The Copy command transfers the drawing or a selected part of it to the clipboard When nothing is selected a representation of the whole drawing is copied to the clipboard as a metafile This drawing can then be pasted into other programs including the Microsoft Office Suite Word Excel etc and many others SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing Sma
216. oin Cells and Split Cells commands on the Table tab allow you to create complex table structures The Join Cells command joins the currently selected cells into one cell combining any text in those cells into a single block of text When cells from multiple rows are selected cells adjacent to each other in the same row are joined first Cells adjacent to each other in the same column are joined only if they have no selected neighbors in the same row Joining cells in the same row simply removes the Grid Line s between them Joining Cells in a Row SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables e 122 More text than will fit Joining cells in the same column creates a single cell that spans the rows containing the selected cells Cells that soan more than one row always span a whole number of rows It is not possible to create a cell that lies partially in a row Joining Cells in a column More text than will fit The Split Cells command does the reverse of Join Cells If a cell soans more than one row splitting creates a cell for each row spanned Any text in the split cell is placed in the top or left cell If all the selected cells lie within one row then the Split command splits each cell into two adjacent cells occupying the same space as the original cell A vertical Grid Line is added between the two new cells See also Selecting Table Cells Inserting Table Rows Columns and Cells You can
217. olygon Line Tool Sscssseciesstecsseasedcates osha taodbstiesaz vente ebucians N E TEI 182 Th Freehand Line TOO wc s2secisees ssessnasedsates ceases aviesteavienses E E N T TE 184 Joining Freeform Lines to Each Other eee esceeseceseceeeeeesseeeseceaeceaeessessseeeesseesseseaes 185 Creating Closed Freeform Shapes 0 ccecceeceeseeseceeseeeeseeeeceseceaeceseceseeseeeseeeeeeseseseesaessaes 187 Flexible Reshaping of Freeform Shapes ececceceeseceseeeseseeecseeeseeeseeesecsseessesseeeseessessaes 188 Editing the Outline of Shapes 0 0 eee en n an a E A EE F 189 Shortcuts for Editing Shape Outlines eee cee eseeseceseeeseceseseeecseeeseenaeesaeessessaeeneeeaeens 191 Viewing and Printing 193 The Drawing Areas scdinds distended san tade Haag tates leaded daa Sa sateen 193 Portrait vs Landscape Pages 2c ciseceictsdentestegiy naa EAE dey he deeb ipeseeuaaneosetpeees 195 Setting the Page Margins iac sdvs suiiedote heaps Nodes ipe aed thee aie Me ETR S 195 Changing the View Zoom nrnna eck o ei a SEE E A i ETa ONAN 196 Setting the R lerSc l s siare tnn e E Seabed ES 198 Printing eonen O E O eta eens E E E E O E OR 200 Printing Large Diagrams and Posters sseeseesessesesseeerssrsresresrestrsreetesesresrententestenrsrrsrenestees 202 Page Setuip oni rae yee a Nodes sheen E E E E ENE ORE 202 Print PIEVE i a aes tes He oe Roe eg eR aed A RET 204 The Print Dialog 3 ysieaeshge ct ative hoe naeiiedinn Britain aR
218. omatically renew for consecutive 12 month periods unless you provide written notice to cancel the license at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the term You acknowledge that the Product is designed to cease to function on the expiration date if the license term is cancelled You have the right to receive free of charge all Maintenance Releases and Upgrades that we make generally available during your license term b Departmental Freedom License If you purchased a Departmental Freedom license all Full Freedom site license terms apply as set forth above in Section 4 a In addition you represent and warrant that at the time you purchased SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide SmartDraw License Agreement 254 the Departmental Freedom license the group department company or other organization the Unit utilizing the Product was comprised of no more than 20 individuals During each 12 month period of the Departmental Freedom license such Unit may increase in size to over 20 individuals without violating the terms of the license However you acknowledge that additional fees will be assessed pursuant to the Sales Agreement for Units comprised of over 20 individuals Such fees shall be determined at the end of each 12 month period and shall be assessed for the subsequent 12 month period 5 Student License If you purchased a Student License you must be a full time student at a post secondary school level You a
219. on is correct you tap the Insert button to insert the text into the box The second style of writing input looks like the following It has sections on the line so you can be more precise for individual characters and spacing It also has the additional capability of changing a single character if the OCR program makes a mistake For instance if you write 123 but the computer thinks you wrote 1L3 then you can change the L to a 2 like this SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Tablet PC e 237 2 Number Two Latin Capital Letter Z Latin Small Letter z Left Parenthesis Latin Small Letter I Latin Small Letter L Z Z i l Clear Close Adding Text Using Speech Recognition Using speech recognition usually requires some setup on your Tablet PC before attempting to use it Access the Speech setup in the Control Panel to adjust the microphone and train your speech for recognition Once the computer is trained for your speech you can activate the speech recognition from the on screen keyboard by tapping the EE tools and Options icon Dock at Top of Screen Dock at Bottom of Screen By checking Y 5 you can select 2 Dictation for saying text or Command for saying commands such as Tab Enter Backspace Delete SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Tablet PC e 238 Customizing SmartDraw Creating Custom SmartTemplates A SmartTemplate is a starting point for ma
220. on the Change Connector Shape and Change Line Shape menus Flip gt Horizontally 7 Changing a Connector Shape with the Flip Command Deleting Objects Delete objects from the page by selecting them and then typing either the Delete key or the Backspace key See also Selecting Objects See also Selecting Multiple Objects Duplicating Objects The Duplicate command under the Paste button in the Home tab makes a copy of the selected object and adds it to the page offset by a small distance from the original object SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 72 Duplicating Two Selected Objects at Once The duplicate object or objects appears on the page in its selected state If you immediately click on the new object and move it without deselecting it first the new distance between it and the original is used as the default offset for any further duplications You can use this feature to create neat rows and columns of evenly spaced objects The illustration below shows the steps involved in making a column of evenly spaced lines a ____ _ _4 a 25 B Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Duplicate Draw a Line Duplicate it Adjust the Offset again and again SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 73 Changing the Appearance of a Drawing Changing the Appearance of Shapes Shapes are closed polygon objects with lines around their borders and a fill able are
221. on the Shape Outline command on the Design tab See also Linking Shapes to Lines Linking Lines to Each Other Lines can be linked to other lines by dragging the endpoint of one line to any point on another line and letting it attach similarly to the way lines link to shapes For lines to link Allow Lines to Link must be turned on found under Options under the SmartDraw Button SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Linking Lines and Shapes e 152 This is useful for creating branched networks of lines that remain attached when their target objects whether shapes or lines change size or move If two lines are connected to the same Connection Point on the border of a shape the second line will preferentially connect to the shape and not the other line Joining Lines to Each Other In addition to the ability to be Linked which makes one line stick to another where they touch lines can be Joined to become a single new line or to create a closed Shape When lines are joined in this way they behave like those drawn with the Polygon Line tool For lines to be able to join the Allow Lines to Join command must be turned on in SmartDraw Options on the More menu under the Document group With this command turned on two lines can be joined by dragging the endpoint of one to the endpoint of another or by starting to draw a new line with the cursor positioned over the endpoint of another G When two lines are ready to join a
222. only the pages that contain selected objects Printing Multiple Copies SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing e 206 You can print multiple copies of your selected pages by entering the number in the Copies field Print on One Page Checking this box causes the entire drawing to be scaled down and printed on a single page This affects only the printed drawing and will not change the view of the drawing on your screen or the size of the actual drawing Scale Up to Fit Page Checking this box enlarges the drawing to fill the printable area of the page If you have a large format printer you can use this print poster size images Print to Scale Checking this box allows you to specify a scale for printing your drawing This is particularly useful for scaled drawings such as floor plans Using this option opens the Set Printing Scale dialog Set Printing Scale Adjust Scale OK When you print you can scale your drawing by a fixed percentage or to fit on a specific number of pages Cancel Adjust to 100 Help C Adjust so 1 00 Inches print as one Inches C Fit To 1 pages wide Fit To f pages tall The Set Printing Scale Dialog You have the option to a scale your drawing by a percentage b specify the scale in printed inches per drawing ruler inch or c fit the drawing to a fixed number of pages The scaling percentage can be a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 1000 Print
223. or Lines 158 Organization Chart with Two Connectors In the illustration above the connector that holds the four smaller shapes at the bottom is linked to the higher connector that holds the two larger shapes This connector is in turn linked to the top manager shape To attach a connector to another Place a second automatic connector object from the library on the page beneath the first one Remove the top manager box from the lower connector if it has one Drag the end of the lower connector s vertical line up until it attaches to the top connector line or to a particular box on the top connector above it SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Automatic Connector Lines e 159 Linking the lower connector line to the box above it Locking an Automatic Connector Sometimes an automatic connector will try to grab an object or another connector that you are trying to place independently on the page To prevent this you can temporarily lock the grabbing connector allowing you to move or position your other objects freely To lock a connector right click on it then choose Lock Object from the right click menu This will turn the connector s handles from black to gray and you will no longer be able to resize or otherwise adjust it until you unlock it again While locked the connector will not try to grab objects placed near it gt L ftos ooo z gt ShowTextOn Lines P Freeze Properties A lo
224. or the foregoing purpose including by using remote software monitoring tools without further notice to you FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF CLIPART SYMBOLS TEMPLATES PHOTO OBJECTS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES This Trial Version Product contains numerous clipart symbols templates and photo images collectively referred to as the Images which are owned by SmartDraw com or its licensors As a user of this Trial Version Product you are free to use modify and publish the Images as part of your own work product subject to alll of the restrictions set out below and elsewhere herein and any additional conditions described in the credits dialog of certain symbol libraries If you are uncertain as to whether your intended use is in compliance with the guidelines set out below we recommend that you seek the advice of your own attorney or legal counsel SmartDraw com will not provide you with an opinion as to whether your use is in compliance with these guidelines A YOU MAY subject to any restrictions set out below and elsewhere herein incorporate any Image s into your own original work and publish display and SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide SmartDraw License Agreement 266 distribute your work in any media You may not however resell sublicense or otherwise make available the Image s for use or distribution separately or detached from your own work product or web page For example the Image s may be used as part of a web
225. otal of 20MB of images on SmartDrawNeft for use at the Image Site established in connection with your account If you attempt to upload images exceeding this limit you will be required to remove previously uploaded images before SmartDrawNet will accept new images All images data and files transmitted or uploaded to SmartDrawNet for use in connection with Image Sites is referred to as Content Inactive Accounts If your account is inactive for more than 180 days your account may be cancelled at SmartDraw com s discretion SmartDraw com will send you an e mail message alerting you to the impending cancellation If SmartDraw com receives no response within 30 days afterwards SmartDraw com may terminate your account and remove or discard any images you may have stored Your account will be deemed inactive over a given period if SmartDraw com determines that during that period you did not add to or change any of the images on your Image Site nor otherwise change your Image Site in any significant way Nothing in the foregoing shall limit SmartDraw com s authority to remove any or all of your Content from SmartDrawNet at any time or terminate your account with or without notice to you Registration You may not set up or maintain an Image Site unless you have an active account for that purpose with SmartDraw com In order to create such an account you must register your copy of the SmartDraw or SmartDraw Photo software with SmartDraw com and
226. ove it from its original location You can delete library short cuts from Favorites without deleting the libraries themselves You can create your own sub categories inside Favorites by right clicking on the folder You can also drag icons and sub folders from one Favorites sub folder to another Your Favorites folder is stored in your personal preferences and is not shared with any other user on a network installation SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide The Left Panel e 45 Symbol Explorer Right Mouse Button Menus S In the More Symbols dialog box right clicking on the symbol library icons in the Explorer Tree displays a context sensitive menu one that depends on the location of the icon clicked on Normal Symbol Library Icons Right clicking on a library icon lets you open it add it to your favorites or display a Preview that stays up until you click somewhere else Favorite Library Icons Right clicking on a library icon in the My Favorites folder lets you open it remove it from your favorites or display a Preview that stays up until you click somewhere else The Favorites Folder Right clicking on the Favorites folder lets you clear all favorites Favorites Sub Folders Right clicking on a Favorites sub folder lets you create your own sub folder within it If the sub folder is one you created you can also delete it and rename it SmartDraw Explorer Right clicking on the SmartDraw Explorer folder at the top of t
227. ox Clicking and dragging the diamond on a vertical line will slide that line left and right on the branch below it In the figure below this would mean that the upper box and its vertical branch would slide on the horizontal line Clicking and dragging the black square handle connecting the vertical line to the horizontal line will grow the vertical line The diamond handles on the horizontal line will change the spacing only of the two boxes it is between causing irregular spacing in the boxes SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Automatic Connector Lines e 157 The square black handles on the corners of the branch will change the width of the horizontal line while maintaining regular spacing between the boxes The square black handles at the junction of a box and a line will lengthen the line These relationships are shown in the figure below K i om oa Grow Handles Changing an Automatic Connector s Appearance An automatic connector has the same attributes as a line so the Line button on the Home tab can be used to set its thickness color and style Automatic connectors can also have arrowheads of any type Automatic Connectors cannot have text directly attached to them see Attaching Text to Lines and cannot be rotated Linking Automatic Connectors to Each Other Automatic connectors can be linked to each other to create elaborate hierarchies SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Automatic Connect
228. p 4 v v dhFlp Shape Layout Align Align the edges of selected objects with a target object the last one selected A Rotate Rotate an object or group of selected objects H Group Group or Ungroup selected Objects 4 Bring to Front Bring the selected object or objects to the front of all other objects on the screen 44 Send to Back Place the selected object or objects behind all other objects on the screen ii Flip Flip the object around its horizontal or vertical axis aja Make Same Make selected objects the same size in width height or both He Space Evenly Space selected objects evenly on the page vertically horizontally or both The Shape Properties Group A Ei Connection Points A d AJ Text Entry Change Change p Shapev Line v iv Dimensions Shape Propertes G AD Change Shape Select from a menu 9 Change Shape Choose a new shape for the selected objects IE Edit Shape Outline Manually adjust a selected shape s outline Change Line Select from a menu SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 23 Change Line Shape Select a new shape for the selected line 3 Connection Points Change the points at which a line or another shape can anchor to the selected shape Al Text Entry Open a dialog providing several types of options for entering text into shapes F Dimensions Open a dialog with options for how and when the d
229. pened an untitled copy is made and the template is left unopened and unaltered When you save a file as a template your original drawing is also preserved with its current SDR file name SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 15 Documents and Windows Each time you open a SmartDraw document it opens a new instance of the SmartDraw program with its own Program Button in the Windows Taskbar at the bottom of the screen In this way it behaves just like Microsoft Word Excel and other Office programs To switch between different open SmartDraw documents click the Taskbar button for the one you want to make Active and view on the screen All program commands and actions apply only to the drawing in the currently Active SmartDraw program window Right Mouse Button Menus Clicking with the right mouse button in the Drawing Area displays a context sensitive menu which is specific to the area of the screen or the object that you clicked on The right click menus provide convenient shortcuts to many of the features found on the Toolbars The Main Toolbar The Main Toolbar lies at the top of the SmartDraw program window It consists of Tabs containing Groups of commands with the group name indicated on a Group title bar below the command buttons la Dialog Launcher If the Group title bar contains this you can click on it which causes a dialog with more options to appear eee Cesge hon Pep Table Chet Paneer M
230. ply a Step number to each object in SmartDraw Begin by assigning the objects you want to display with 1 all the way down to 16 Use the Preview button to see how the drawing will animate in PowerPoint Use the Next and Previous buttons to navigate through the animation The Help Tab The Help tab has a series of commands represented by buttons opa Tech Updates User About License Suppor Guide SmartDraw Tech Support Contact technical support Y Updates Check for SmartDraw program updates and new content User Guide Open the PDF version of the SmartDraw user guide K About Information about this copy of SmartDraw License View the license s for this copy of SmartDraw The Work Area Toolbar The Work Area Toolbar lies below the Main Toolbar and above the Work Area Q 100 Rulers The Work Area Toolbar SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 33 A Zoom Tool Click in the drawing to increase the magnification Hold Ctrl and click to decrease the magnification To choose a specific magnification click the down arrow and select from the list 7 Rulers Show or hide the rulers at the edge of the work area One Click Common Control Buttons The One Click Common Control Buttons are located at the top left side of the SmartDraw Program Window 2e happ Undo Ctrl Z Undo your last action Redo Ctri Y Redo the last action only available after
231. provided that this License is not terminated as specified elsewhere herein You have the right to receive free of charge all Maintenance Releases for the version of the Product that you originally purchased You do not have the right to receive free Upgrades but you may be entitled to a discount on our standard fee for Upgrades if so provided in your Sales Agreement 4 Freedom Site License a Full Freedom license If you purchased a Freedom site license you may install any number of copies of the Product but only on computers owned by your company organization for use strictly by your employees and agents While you may install the Product on any number of computers without violating the license you acknowledge that additional fees will be assessed pursuant to the Sales Agreement if you install the Product on more computers than the quantity listed in the Sales Agreement Such fees shall be determined at the end of each 12 month period and shall be assessed for the subsequent 12 month period Your employees and agents may install a copy of the Product on their personally owned home computers provided that they use the Product for your internal business purposes only and not for their own personal use You are responsible for the compliance of your employees and agents with the terms of this License Your right to install and use the Product is valid only during the limited term specified in your Sales Agreement The term will aut
232. r Hard Space Typing Ctrl Space enters a hard space This joins two words so that they cannot be separated by word wrapping Hard spaces are also not hidden at the end of lines when they wrap like normal spaces are Soft Hyphen Typing Ctrl hyphen enters a soft hyphen This is invisible but allows a word to be split there by word wrapping in which case it shows as a hyphen at the end of the line Bulleted Text You can apply bullets to a selected block of text by clicking the Bullets command button on the Home tab Choose one of the nine bullet styles from the gallery to apply it to your text oO ooo OOo gt gt gt AMA Bullets can be applied to all the text inside an object at once by selecting the entire object or to individual paragraphs by opening the object for text editing Usually by double clicking in it and selecting just those paragraphs Real Time Spelling Correction SmartDraw can check the spelling of your text as you enter it if Check Spelling While You Type is turned on in the Spellcheck menu under the SmartDraw Button Un checking this option turns off real time checking On slower computers turning off spelling correction while you type will soeed up text editing With spelling checking turned on any misspelled words are underlined with a wavy red line SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 99 Misspelled words are underlined with red wavy lines Right clicking on the
233. r Template List Open a SmartTemplate to begin a new drawing by clicking on its image in the preview area Opening an Existing Document Usually when you start SmartDraw the Document Browser will show your most recently saved Existing Documents to choose from If you want to open an existing document but the Document Browser is showing the New Document screen instead click My SmartDraw Documents at the top of the Template List Click on the thumbnail image of any of the existing documents to open it If the document you want is not displayed you can click the Browse button to find it on your computer Getting Help There are three basic Help resources in SmartDraw SmartHelp Panels The Help Tab Help in Dialogs SmartHelp As you work SmartDraw offers context sensitive instructions in the SmartHelp panel at the right side of the screen To close that panel click the close button X in its title bar To reopen it click the SmartHelp button at the top right corner of the Drawing Area where the SmartHelp panel normally appears SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 11 Move a Box 1 Click and hold the box you wish to move 2 Drag the box towards its new position 3 As you approach the line Connection Points will appear showing where the box can be attached DSi erer ics wenn a 4 Release when the box snaps to the Position you want it to be Go Back lt lt Back A SmartHelp P
234. r each edge of the page or choose to use the minimum margins possible for your particular printer E Narrow 1 4 Wide 1 4 Printer Minimum P Define The Margins Menu Clicking Define opens the Page Setup Dialog SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing 195 Page Setup Printer Name whistler Ricoh1 51 5Printer X Properties Status Ready Type RICOH Aficio 1515 PCL 6 Where Westside Copier Printer Fax Comment Multifunction Unit Paper Orientation Size Letter 8 5 x 11 v Portrait Source Auto Tray Select v Options Page Margins Inches lV Printon One Page Scaleuptofitpage Left 0 50 Right 0 50 Landscape Print to Scale Tos 050 Bottom 0 50 Print the Grid Print Page Footers F Use the minimum margins T for this printer F Allow 1 6 overlap between each page when printing on multiple pages Network OK Cancel _Network _ Lo ca m Print to Large Format Use a SmartDraw Printing Partner to produce and distribute professionally printed presentations bound documents large format posters and high volume orders Print to Large Format This minimum setting is the best choice when you want to paste multiple pages together to make a large chart Fixed margins are the best choice when you choose the Print on One Page option This lets you control the margins for your single page of output Changing the V
235. ram S Event driven Process Chain f S 7 1 Flowchart ay a j w Influence Diagram ie Specification and Description Lar mot Workflow Departments S Workflow Processes S Workflow Resources E Oa Workflow Diagrams a J ie Workflow Icons Departments f a Workflow Icons Processes S Workflow Icons Resources aa H E Forms H E Gantt Charts Subroutne H E Landscape Design Maps Marketing Charts j ji aka oe v cose i Opentibrary i ok Decision Data Input Output Document When you attempt to open a symbol library preview the library will automatically begin downloading from the web You must have access to FIP to install libraries from the SmartDraw web site Inside some corporations this service is blocked Talk to your network administrator if you have difficulties SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide The Left Panel e 47 Licensed and Unlicensed Content All of the SmartDraw library symbols and drawing templates collectively called content available to you in your purchased SmartDraw program will be licensed to you and you will have full use of them If you installed previews of some content in your Symbol Libraries for which you do not have a license you will get a license error warning if you try fo open them You can license such content by upgrading to a higher version of SmartDraw SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide The Left Panel e 48 Drawing with SmartDra
236. raw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide How to Order SmartDraw e 250 You can also call SmartDraw com at 1 800 817 4238 in the US and Canada or 858 225 3300 outside the US for more information Return to How to Order SmartDraw Money Back Guarantee Should you decide to purchase SmartDraw offers a 30 day Money Back Guarantee on all products if you are not satisfied with the application SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide How to Order SmartDraw e 251 SmartDraw License Agreement SmartDraw Software License Agreement Purchased Copy IMPORTANT CAREFULLY READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT LICENSE BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT THIS LICENSE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SALES AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH YOU HAVE PURCHASED A LICENSE TO USE SMARTDRAW COM S SOFTWARE PRODUCT the Sales Agreement YOUR INSTALLATION COPYING OR USE OF THIS PRODUCT INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS LICENSE AND THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY AND COMPLY WITH ALL OF ITS TERMS IF YOU HAVE PURCHASED THE PRODUCT ON BEHALF OF ANY ORGANIZATION COMPANY OR OTHER ENTITY YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THIS LICENSE AND THE SALE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF SUCH ENTITY ALL REFERENCES HEREIN TO YOU SHALL APPLY TO SUCH ENTITY IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE THEN A DO NOT COPY INSTALL OR USE THIS PRODUCT AND B RETURN THE COMPLETE PRODUCT TO SMARTDRAW COM IMMEDIATELY FOR A REFUND OF THE
237. rawing is converted to native SmartDraw shapes and lines You can then make any needed adjustments or repairs by hand to complete the conversion process The File Conversion Wizard The SmartDraw File Conversion Wizard is designed to make it easy for you to join the thousands of users who have switched from another competing product to SmartDraw It can be used to automatically convert dozens or even hundreds of files created with Visio Flowcharter and other programs into SmartDraw files all at once To convert files using this Wizard the program you are converting from must be installed on your system because the wizard uses that program as part of the conversion process First select the File Conversion Wizard from the SmartDraw Button SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs 227 SmartDraw File Conversion Wizard Convert your files from Visio and other programs to SmartDraw format by following the three simple steps below STEP 1 Choose the type of file you want to convert Visio vsd v NOTE To use this Wizard you must have Visio or the program you want to convert from installed on your system fou can convert Visio and other files to SmartDraw format without having any other programs installed on your system with the Open command on the SmartDraw File Menu STEP 2 Choose the file s you want to convert C Convert just one Visio file Convert ALL t
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240. rection of the line Horizontal See also Attaching Text to Lines SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Linking Lines and Shapes e 151 Linking Shapes to Each Other When Allow Shapes to Link is turned on in Options under the SmartDraw Button one shape can be linked to another shape When shapes link to each other any of the Shape Connection Points on the linked shape can snap to any of the connection points on the target shape Shapes can only link to one target shape ata time This feature is useful if you want to attach a background text object to a shape without putting the text literally inside the shape so that it follows the shape around when the shape is moved or re sized See also Linking Shapes to Shape Borders See also Linked Targets and Linked Objects Linking Shapes to Shape Borders Since a shape border is essentially like a line one shape can be linked to another shape s border by its Attachment Point in the same way that shapes can link to lines For a shape fo link to another shape s border the following conditions must be true The shape whose border will be linked to must be a polygon shape created with the Polygon Line tool on the Home tab Allow Shapes to Link to Lines must be turned on found under Options under the SmartDraw Button The shape which will be linked to the border of the other must have Allow Shape to Link to Borders turned on inThe Shape Properties Dialog box found
241. res under the License command SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 9 See SmartDraw Licenses for more information The Document Browser The Document Browser is the first screen that appears each time you run SmartDraw SmartDraw 9 x E My SmartDraw Documents P Search Results My Favorites OM Caserios SE Cause amp Effect X Certificates Bar Chat Bar Chat Stacked Linear Chait Chocce from Regular Bar Charts Stacked Pie Chast Bar Charts Linear Charts Ple Charts or Pie Chast Linear Linear Ple Charts 2 Decision Trees w Engineering Bar Chart Stacked SmastT emplates P Family Trees E Floor Plans hea H E Landscape Design Mace Gia Marketing Charts Mas ince Stacked Bar Chart 2 Network Design Fe Org Charis HE Rete amp Planograms Qi Science amp Man bell Software Design BB Storage Design E Timelines veb Design The Document Browser In the document browser you can do two things Create a New Document Open an Existing Document Creating a New Document By default when SmartDraw is opened the Document Browser shows a list of drawing Categories in the left column with thumbnail images of SmartTemplates from the currently selected category in the preview area located at the center of the screen SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started e 10 You can browse through the categories by clicking on them in the left column o
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243. rtDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs e 222 When one or more objects are selected on your page the Copy command copies just those shapes and lines to the clipboard They can be pasted back into a SmartDraw drawing or pasted into another program Cut is a combination of Clear and Copy It first copies any selected objects to the clipboard and then deletes them from your page Paste If the clipboard contains objects copied from SmartDraw using Paste adds these to the current drawing If the clipboard contains an image from another program it is pasted into the drawing as an Image Object See also Understanding OLE Object Linking and Embedding Understanding OLE Object Linking and Embedding See also Properties of Imported Image Objects Properties of Imported Image Objects When images from other programs are imported or pasted into SmartDraw they become Image Objects These can be thought of as rectangular shapes with an invisible border and the image inside An image object can be moved resized or rotated like any other SmartDraw object Normally when you resize them they maintain their proportions However if you hold the Shift Key you can resize them to any proportion Like other shapes you can change an image object s sizing behavior using the Shape Properties Dialog Launcher on the Design tab When you try to type text into image objects the text goes below the object as a linked background text objec
244. rtificates fad Charts dy Decision Trees uts Engineering P Family Trees ES Floor Plans fy The Favorites category contains short cuts to the actual templates The original templates still reside in their original locations and removing them from Favorites does not delete the actual templates Blank Pedigree Chart Apartment You can remove a template from My Favorites by right clicking on its name in the My Favorites folder and selecting Remove from Favorites Choosing Clear Favorites will remove all templates from the favorites category SmartTemplate Previews and On Demand Installation Some of the SmartTemplates and Examples which we will collectively call templates shown in the Document Browser may be Previews of templates that are not yet installed These previews provide the benefits of having SmartDraw s complete catalog of templates available for browsing while using a tiny fraction of the disk space required to install all of the actual templates The preview thumbnail image looks identical to an installed template thumbnail But when you try to open a preview the template will automatically install the actual template from the web You must have access to FTP to install templates from the SmartDraw web site Inside some corporations this service is blocked Talk to your network administrator if you have difficulties SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 53 Adding Obj
245. s Clicking the name of one of them displays a preview of it on the right You can specify the number of rows and columns in your table by changing the numbers in the Parameters boxes Clicking OK adds a new table of the specified format to your drawing Converting a Shape to a Table Some existing shapes can be converted into tables by the Convert to Table command on the Table tab This command only becomes active when a convertible shape is selected in the drawing This Command opens the Convert Shape to Table dialog box where you can specify the properties of the table At the left you see a list of pre defined table formats Clicking name of one of them displays a preview on the right You can specify the number of rows and columns in your table by changing the numbers in the Parameters boxes Pressing OK converts the shape to the table Any text already inside the shape is placed in the first cell of the table Non rectangular shapes may also contain tables SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Tables e 114 Different shapes containing the same 2x2 table Convert to Table works with any of the standard shapes available from the Shape button on the Home tab some shapes in the libraries and with any custom shapes created with The Polygon Tool and The Freehand Drawing Tool Other shapes and symbols cannot be converted to tables See also Converting a Table to Text Converting a Table to Text You can
246. s well A selected object has black Selection Handles at the corners By dragging these handles you can stretch or resize the object eeucdscescese R Growing an object A selected object also has a Rotation Handle By dragging the rotation handle a shape or line can be rotated to any angle Rotation A Handle Fa E u p E oe If several objects are selected the last one selected has solid black handles and is called the Target Object Other selected objects are shown with hollow handles The target object is called the target because when you use certain commands such SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 60 as Align and Make Same Size the other selected objects are aligned or re sized to match it Selected Target Selected Non Target Selecting an object by clicking on it de selects all other selected objects unless you hold the Shift or Ctrl key down while you click With the Shift or Ctrl key held down clicking a second time on any object de selects it Selecting Text You can select text in your drawing in one of two ways You can click on the object including a background text object that contains the text which implicitly selects the whole piece of text inside the object for editing Or you can double click on the actual text inside any object which opens the text for editing and places the cursor in the clicked position In this case the cursor changes to a typic
247. s Landscape Design You can open additional libraries using the More commands either found as a button or a choice on the selector menu For more on this see Searching the Symbol Libraries Libraries Docked in the Left Panel Even if the SmartPanel does not have a library the Left Panel still contains the Library tab SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries e 167 HE Computers amp Servers _Computers amp Sewves 7 A Cl a all Firewall Lock CI we Workgroup 55 Down Host Down PC Eam a You can open as many libraries as you wish To switch between them click on the Library Selector Menu and select a different library To add a symbol from a docked library to your drawing just click on it then click in the work area to place it there See also Searching the Symbol Libraries See also Adding Objects to Your Drawing Floating Libraries A symbol library can float over your drawing area allowing you to drag it from place to place Up to 16 library windows can be open at the same time each showing the contents of a different library To make a library that is docked in the Left Panel float right click in the library window and choose Detach Library SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Symbol Libraries 168 lt Computers amp Servers A m Firewall Key Lock Secure System e Secunty Devi Concentrator Workgroup 5 Down Host
248. s a stack of transparent sheets of paper with objects drawn on them Every drawing starts with one layer called the Default layer Each layer has a unique name and any layer can be moved within the layer stack to lie above or below any other layer Objects in higher layers lie visually above objects in the lower layers You create and manage additional layers using the Layers command menu on the Page tab New Layer 4 E a a Define Layers oY Show All Layers Th Bring to Front of Default ay Send to Back of Layers are typically used to make complex diagrams like floor plans where for example the walls may be in a different layer from the furniture or the wiring You can selectively hide or reveal layers to isolate aspects of the drawing for viewing and printing SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Using Layers e 138 Defining Layers You manage the properties of layers in your drawing using Define Layers dialog box available by clicking Define Layers on the Layers menu of the Page tab Define Layers What are Layers Each shape and line in a SmartDraw drawing belongs to a layer You can create and manage additional layers here You can make each layer visible and clickable independently You Cancel could use this to separate furniture from walls in a floorplan for example All new shapes are drawn into the top layer You can move different Help layers to the top using th
249. s appear on the Design tab Using Grid Snaps to Align Objects Beneath the work area lies a grid of imaginary lines spaced at the interval of the smallest increments on the rulers When the Grid Snaps function is active the centers or edges of objects automatically align themselves with the grid as they are drawn moved or resized with the mouse This makes aligning your objects easy You simply drag them with the mouse and let them stick where they want SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Arranging Objects e 130 You control the functions of the Grid using the Grid commands on the Page tab s T Show Rulers 4 Fir E Show Grid W Use Snaps oY Snap Top Left Edge of Shape Do Not Snap to Gnd The Grid Menu Show Grid This displays the normally invisible grid on the screen Note Even though it appears on screen the grid will not print with your drawing unless you check the Print the Grid checkbox in Page Setup on the More menu of the Page tab Snap to Top Left Edge of Shape The top and left edges of your objects will align themselves with the Grid Snap to Center of Shape The centers of your objects will align themselves with the Grid The Center setting works best when lines are used to link shapes together as in flowcharting The Edges setting works best when the edges of shapes must line up as in a form or a floor plan Do Not Snap to Grid The grid snap function is turned off for this p
250. se is not listed select Other OK Closes the New Dictionary Dialog and creates the new dictionary Cancel Closes the New Dictionary Dialog without creating a new dictionary Spelling Options The Spelling Options command opens the Spelling Options Dialog box This lets you specify several options that affect the way the spelling checker operates Spelling Options words e g ASAP Ignore words with numbers e g Win95 Ignore words with mixed case e g SuperBase Ignore domain names e g xyz com V Report doubled words e g the the V Case sensitive Phonetic suggestions English only IV Typographical suggestions V Suggest split words V Auto correct Main Dictionary language merican Enalis Suggestions Fast but less accurate Moderately fast and accurate C Slow but accurate Help Cancel Spelling Options Dialog Ignore Capitalized Words When enabled any words beginning with a capital letter are ignored i e are skipped over without being checked You might enable this option if the text being checked contains many proper names Ignore All Caps Words When enabled any words consisting entirely of capital letters are ignored You might enable this option if the text being checked contains many acronyms SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 108 Ignore Words with Numbers When enabled any words containing embedded digits are ignored Examples of such words
251. ser s GuideUser s Guide Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 87 For example a box may be blue in the current Theme but if you fill it with red any future shapes added to this drawing will be red until you change the default again You can force all of the objects even overridden ones in the document to revert to the original Theme by temporarily switching to a different Theme then switching back to your desired one This resets all the objects to that Theme Working with Text Creating Text You can create text In the standard Shapes that are available from the Shape button on the Home tab Inside or adjacent to most library symbols Inside Table cells As Background Text Objects freestanding pieces of text that you can drag and position where you want A The basic way to create text is fo use the Text Tool on the Home tab Entering Text in Shapes Shapes are made to contain text and carry it with them when the shape is moved A shape can be opened for text entry by Selecting clicking on it and starting to type Double clicking on the text area inside the shape Pressing the text button A on the toolbar and clicking once on the shape After entering the text click in the page background to finish SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 88 Entering Text in Library Symbols Many Library Symbols can contain text Some hold the text inside the symbol and others position it outside above
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254. superscript AY Text Color Change the color of selected text 2 Insert Symbol Insert a standard text symbol into your drawing or into a selected object la Font Dialog Launcher Open the Font dialog for further customization of text in your document SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 21 The Paragraph Group Z Bullets v Alignment v s S Mirant y Spacing v Direction v Paragraph Z Bullets Add bullets to selected text Z Alignment Align the selected text or the text within a selected object Note Depending on your screen width you may see six separate alignment buttons or one button with a drop down list of six options Spacing Increase or decrease the spacing between lines of text Direction Change the orientation of text one a selected line The Design Tab Each of the Groups in the Design tab has sets of commands represented by buttons and menus The Position amp Size Group El Height 0 22 gt gt zas Width 0 31 7 Position amp Size il Hei oss _ Height Menu Change the height of a selected object cas Width 078 _ Width Menu Change the width of a selected object lm Dialog Launcher Open a dialog to edit position and size The Shape Layout Group SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started e 22 A A y Th Bring to Front S Make Same v m Ay SendtoBack Hha Space Evenly v Align Rotae Grou
255. t instead of inside Attempting to change the color or border of an image object may either add a border around its entire bounding rectangle or change the colors in the image itself depending on the Change Colors setting in the Edit Symbol dialog Some imported image objects can be decomposed into native SmartDraw objects using the Ungroup command on the Arrange group of the Main Toolbar SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs 223 File Formats that can be Imported You can import images from other programs into SmartDraw using the Picture command on the Insert tab This opens the Import Dialog where you specify the type of file and its location SmartDraw can import the following vector formats Windows Metafile Enhanced Metafile Encapsulated Postscript EPS AutoCAD DXF CGM HPGL PDF Adobe Illustrator MicroGrafx Draw DWG AutoCAD CDR Corel Draw SmartDraw can import the following Bitmap formats BMP PC PaintBrush PCX GIF JPG PNG TIFF When objects are imported they become Image Objects SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs 224 Ungrouping Imported Images Imported vector Image Objects can be ungrouped into native SmartDraw objects Imported bitmap images cannot Vector objects are stored in EMF Enhanced Metafile format To ungroup a selected imported obje
256. t Word The instructions below for transferring drawings into Microsoft Word also apply to PowerPoint Excel the other MS Office Suite programs and many other software programs as well Copy and Paste The easiest way to transfer SmartDraw drawings to Microsoft Word is to simply copy the drawing in SmartDraw using the Copy command on the Edit tab and then paste it into an open Word document Using the Export Commands in SmartDraw Alternatively you can export your SmartDraw drawing into Word or other Office programs using the buttons on the Export tab in SmartDraw Exporting this way automatically opens the Office program and then inserts your SmartDraw drawing into a new document in that program The Quick Export Buttons at the top left of the SmartDraw program window provide a shortcut to exporting to Office and to PDF Adobe Acrobat documents Using the Insert Command in Word You need not actually run SmartDraw at all in order to insert a SmartDraw drawing into a Word document or a PowerPoint slide etc Word has an Insert Object SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs e 215 command on the Text group of its Insert tab You can use this command to insert a SmartDraw drawing directly into your Word document When you use the Word Insert Command Word automatically launches SmartDraw so that you can select modify or create the drawing your want to insert When you
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258. t object in the symbol libraries However you can permanently alter the Connections Points for a library symbol using the Edit Symbol function accessed by right clicking the symbol in the symbol library window Automatic Settings must be unchecked to modify the points You may want to make a copy of the symbol and modify that one so you don t lose the properties of the original See also Linking a Line to a Shape Changing the Settings for a Symbol Linked Targets and Linked Objects In any linking relationship such as that between a line and a shape one object is called the Linked Target and the other the Linked Object Using the example of a line linked to a shape as in a flowchart the object that shows connection points the shape is the Linked Target and the object linked to it in this case the line is the Linked Object A Linked Target shape and Linked Object line The Linked Target usually controls the position of the linked object If the linked target is moved the linked object either moves or re sizes itself fo maintain the link Lines can have one or two targets one at each end A line with one linked target i e only linked to something at one end will move when the target object is moved With two targets i e both ends of the line are linked to objects the line will stretch or shrink to maintain the connection when one target object is moved When a line that is linked to one target is moved
259. t point draws near the line As the shape s attachment point comes into contact with the line the cursor changes to the anchor shape and the attachment point becomes highlighted as a black dot Releasing the mouse leaves the shape linked to the line If the line is moved the shape follows The linked shape can be dragged along the line like a bead sliding on a string When the Line Shows Through the Linked Shape Sometimes when a shape links to a line the line appears to show through the shape This usually means the line lies in front of the shape Selecting the shape and using the Bring To Front command on the Design tab reverses their order SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Linking Lines and Shapes e 150 Shape in Front of Line Orienting Shapes and Text on a Line The orientation of a Shape or text linked to a line is controlled by the Direction command on the Home tab To use this setting You must have a piece of text attached to a line or a shape linked to the line You must select the Line not the text or shape by clicking on it Now use the Direction command gt Along the Direction of the Line graph When the line is set to Align along the Direction of the Line a shape rotates to follow the direction of the line Align along the direction of the line When the alignment is set to Horizontal the shape or text object maintains its own angle of rotation and can be rotated independently of the di
260. t the object and choose one of the Text Alignment options on the Home tab See also Dimensioning Showing Line Length Changing Text Fonts Size and Style You can change the font size and style of selected text using commands on the Home tab Verdana x 10 x BZU A r Font Ta The Font Group Any time you change the text properties it sets a new default for future text added to this drawing Font vewsrs This shows a list of all True Type fonts in the system If none is highlighted the range of text or objects selected has more than one font Leaving this list un selected will result in no change to the font Size SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 95 10 gt This shows a list of sizes for the selected font If the size you want is not listed you may type it in the size field If no size is highlighted the range of text or objects selected has more than one size Leaving this list un highlighted will result in no change to the size Style B Z UThe commands for Bold Italic and Underline change the selected text to that style Superscript Subscript X x Clicking one of these commands changes the selected text to a superscript or subscript Tm If you prefer you can also change the text properties using the old fashioned Font dialog box by clicking the down arrow on the Font group titlebar to reveal more commands See also The Global Default Font
261. t to metric units rather than pages by checking the appropriate box Otherwise the drawing area is a multiple of whole pages Under Windows 95 98 and ME the box labeled Limit the image size to 50x50 Inches is automatically selected since the drawing area can be no larger than this Under newer operating systems you can check this box if you want to limit the size to 50x50 perhaps in order to exchange drawings with users of old operating systems SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing 194 If Allow the drawing area to grow automatically is checked then each time an object in your drawing is placed outside the current boundaries a new page is added to accommodate it See Portrait vs Landscape Pages See Setting the Page Margins Portrait vs Landscape Pages You can change the way your drawing prints on a page from tall portrait to wide landscape using the Orientation command on the Page tab Setting the Page Margins If your drawing occupies more than one page an ideal printer would print to the edge of each sheet of paper so that the drawing could be pieced together afterwards to form one continuous sheet However almost all printers have a gap between inch and 4 inch at the edge of each page into which they cannot print SmartDraw takes this margin into account You can set the margins for each page of your drawing by clicking Margins on the Page tab You can choose a fixed amount fo
262. tain to be displayed within the work area onscreen These Zoom settings have no effect on the size of objects in the drawing when they are printed out only as viewed on the screen As you change the view SmartDraw attempts to keep all of your objects in the visible part of your window If this is not possible it tries to keep all selected objects in view If this is not possible it tries to keep the center of the selected set of objects centered in the window Zoom by Clicking A You can quickly change the magnification by clicking the Zoom tool icon then clicking in the page to zoom in or right clicking to zoom out SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing 197 See also Setting the Ruler Scale Setting the Ruler Scale For some drawing types rulers automatically appear along the top and left edges of the work area For other types they are hidden In either case you can show or hide the rulers by clicking Show Rulers on the Page tab qQ 94 v FX Rulers 0 3 Changing the Ruler Scale You can change the ruler scale by clicking Scale on the Page tab and selecting a scale from the menu wo Show Rulers Ruler Settings ao Standad Floor Plan Standard a Floor Plan Metnc a Custom There are four ready made options and a Custom command to define your own scale The Floor Plan settings use the standard scales for floor plans Standard One drawing inch equals one inch on the s
263. the Org Chart SmartPanel But you can also add boxes or object to an Automatic Connector manually as described below This is useful when you need to move a box or branch from one connector to another When you move an object or a line close to an automatic connector ghost connection points appear and a rectangular outline near the connector indicates the position where the object will be linked if you release it Releasing the mouse links the object to the automatic connector Han Tonie 3 Linking to an Automatic Connector Dragging an object away from the automatic connector disconnects it and then the objects still linked to the connector move together to fill the space SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Automatic Connector Lines e 156 lt a Breaking a Link to an Automatic Connector Dragging a shape from one connection point to another changes the order of the shapes ag o Re arranging a Link to an Automatic Connector Adjusting Automatic Connector Spacing An Automatic Connector Line normally spaces the boxes attached to it evenly By clicking on the line to select it you get growth handles that allow you to adjust the dimensions of the connector Clicking and dragging on the round black handle at the top of a branch removes the entire branch from the box it is attached to In the figure below this would mean that the entire branch and its three boxes would be detached from the upper b
264. the Run command under the Windows Start menu CD If you purchased SmartDraw on a CD all you have to do is put the disc in your computer s CD drive and the setup program setup exe will start automatically If this does not happen you must run setup exe manually The easiest way to do this is to use the Run command found by pressing the Windows Start button You will be prompted for the name of the program you want to run If you placed the SmartDraw CD in your computer s Drive D for example just type D SETUP Then simply follow the directions displayed by the Setup program Installing SmartDraw on a Network To install SmartDraw on a network simply install it on the server in the normal way described above For each client that will have access to the server create a shortcut or icon for SmartDraw on the client system and run the program once SmartDraw will install itself properly on the client system You must have a workgroup license to share one copy of SmartDraw between multiple users on a network SmartDraw will not run from a network drive unless you have a workgroup license SmartDraw counts the number of different users that have accessed the program on the network not including the server itself and limits the number of unique users to the number of licenses you have purchased If a user has accessed the program but no longer needs to use it you can free that user s license using the network administration featu
265. the link is broken When a line that is linked to two target objects is moved all three are moved as a group SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Linking Lines and Shapes e 149 Turning Linking On and Off You can turn the linking behavior of lines and shapes on and off This is useful when you want to draw a detailed picture and you don t want objects that are close to others grabbing them and linking to them The Allow Lines to Link command found under Options under the SmartDraw Button turns on or off the ability of lines to link to other objects The templates for drawing flowcharts and similar drawings have this setting turned on by default Similarly the Allow Shapes to Link command turns on or off the ability of shapes to link to other shapes Shape linking is used more seldom than line linking so in most drawing types this is turned off by default See also Linking a Line to a Shape See also Linking Shapes to Lines Linking Shapes to Lines Allowing shapes to link to lines should not be confused with allowing lines to link to shapes It is essentially the reverse process When Allow Shapes to Link to Lines found in Options under the SmartDraw Button is turned on the line becomes the Linked Target and the Shape or a library symbol becomes the Linked Object Shapes link to lines via one attachment point usually in the center of the shape You link a shape to a line by dragging it over the line so that its attachmen
266. the shape will show its dimensions Always Never or Only When Selected Show Area displays the calculated area of a shape in its center in the units of the rulers This Command only works for the 24 native toolbar shapes and for polygons created with the Freeform drawing tools Allow Shapes to Link to Borders allows you to position a shape so that it attaches to another shape s border via its attachment point Usually in the center Allow Shape to Link to Cells in Tables permits the shape to be positioned on a table cell where it will attach and stick See Shape Linking in Tables The Do not check spelling check box turns off or on spelling correction for the text inside this particular shape This is useful if you want to keep spelling correction turned on for your drawing in general but want it off for a particular shape that contains a proper name or some other unusual text When you group objects spelling correction is turned off for text inside the group You can turn it back on again with this setting Print as Transparent will make the selected shape transparent when you print your drawing When an image is dragged onto a shape Allow Image Drop permits the image to be dropped into the shape to make one object The Position and Size Dialog You can specify the exact size and position of an object using the Position and Size Dialog The values are in the same coordinate system as the rulers You can open this dialog b
267. thout annotations simply uncheck the box in the Print dialog labeled Print Tablet PC Ink If your Tablet PC stylus is pressure sensitive the annotations you write will vary in thickness depending on the amount of pressure you exert The maximum thickness is determined by the Thickness selected in the Ink tab Annotations can be moved and or resized by tapping the A Select icon and drawing a selection ring around the annotation General Notes About Text Editing with the Stylus There are several options to create text using a Tablet PC stylus Tablet PCs normally come with many different ways to create text Consult your Tablet PC user manual SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Tablet PC e 233 on its abilities for creating and editing text SmartDraw supports the following abilities If your Tablet PC comes with a keyboard it can be used to create text If your Tablet PC supports optical character recognition using the Tablet PC stylus it can be used to create text If your Tablet PC has an on screen keyboard it can be used to create text If your Tablet PC supports voice recognition it can be used to create text Most Tablet PCs come with these features and throughout this section we will assume yours does as well Adding Text by Writing with the Stylus The Tablet PC stylus can be used to write or print words and characters using several different approaches First you can write or print directly inside a text box using the
268. tion Switches the page orientation to Portrait or Landscape To leave the Print Preview mode click the Close button x on the same bar as the command buttons The Print Dialog Clicking Print under the SmartDraw Button of the Main Toolbar opens the Print Dialog where you can specify the printing properties of your document and send it to the printer SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing 205 Printer Name whistler Ricoh1 51 5Printer X Properties Status Ready Type RICOH Aficio 1515 PCL 6 Where Westside Copier Printer Fax Comment Multifunction Unit Print to file m Print range Copies All Number of copies f og a pi C Options IV Print on One Page Scale up to fit page Print to Scale Print the Grid Print Page Footers Preview gt Use a SmartDraw Printing Partner Use a SmartDraw Printing Partner to produce and distribute professionally printed presentations bound documents large format posters and high volume orders Use Printing Partner The Print Dialog Selecting the Printer The name of the currently selected printer appears in the Printer box at top left You can switch to a different printer using the drop down list Selecting the Range of Pages to Print All Prints all pages that contain the drawing Extra blank pages if any will not print Pages Prints a range of pages specified by their page numbers Selection Prints
269. tion results in no arrowhead at the right end Displacement You can specify whether the line touches a shape or falls a little short If the line is displaced it does not appear to touch the shape but still remains linked to it This property can be controlled independently for each end of a line and does not apply to ends with no arrowhead Size Clicking one of the three size buttons sets the size of the arrows on both ends of the line Arrowheads in the Center of Lines Three of the arrowhead styles place an arrowhead at the center of the line instead of at the end _ gt _ _ ae oy _ OO LAI LILI LY Centered Arrowheads Lines with Different Arrowhead Settings If you have several lines selected and their arrowheads have different properties the arrowhead dialog will show no existing setting for those properties For example if two lines have different right arrows no right arrow buttons will appear to be highlighted when the dialog is displayed If you leave the style buttons un pushed but you push one of the size buttons then when you press the OK button both arrowheads will change size but they will retain their unique right arrow styles Once assigned an arrowhead remains fixed on the end to which it was assigned despite any later changes in the line s direction Dimensioning Showing Line Length You can add an automatic Length Label to any line and it will change dynami
270. to Join in Options under the SmartDraw Button G mmj Some ooo 8 wo Allow Lines to Link Allow Shapes to Link to Lines om if Select New Template Allow Shapes to Link Try Fe conveseniiens Alowtinestodein P Hide Ribbon Area F Close Document a E G When this setting is turned on and when your mouse is positioned so that one line segment will join to the end of another a circle appears around the end of the pen cursor If you click and draw at that point the new line will be joined to the previous one You can join one line to another in two ways While you draw the second line as shown above By dragging the end handle of one existing line to the end handle of another If you drag the end handle of a multi segment freeform line to its own other end you create a closed shape SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines e 185 Freeform lines can be composed of four kinds of segments depending on the line tool you use to draw each section Straight Lines are drawn with the straight line tool or Shape Connector Tool Circular Curves are drawn Curved Line Tool Parabolic Curves are drawn with the freeform drawing tools Quarter Ellipses are drawn by right clicking on the line segment and using the Change Line Segment Shape command on the right click menu to select a Quarter Elipse Circular Parabolic Curve Curve Quarter Ellipse straight Line ca The Freeform
271. to another person or legal entity 5 use any Image s except as expressly permitted by this License SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide SmartDraw License Agreement 260 6 use any Image s that relate to identifiable individuals products or entities in any manner that suggests their association with or endorsement of any product or service 7 make a modification to a licensed image which would remove embedded copyright information from the image You acknowledge that neither SmartDraw com nor its principals shareholders officers employees contractors affiliates or licensors are liable for any offensive harmful illegal indecent incorrect incomplete or inaccurate data information or materials either comprising part of or associated with any Image or collection of Images You agree to defend indemnify and hold harmless SmartDraw com and its principals shareholders officers employees contractors affiliates and licensors from any and all third party claims and damages arising from your breach of any of the restrictions set forth herein BY CLICKING ON THE I ACCEPT BUTTON BELOW YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR ARE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE AND THE SALE AGREEMENT IF YOU ARE PURCHASING THE PRODUCT ON BEHALF OF ANY ORGANIZATION COMPANY OR OTHER ENTITY YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THIS LICENSE AND THE SALE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF SUCH ENTITY SmartDraw Software Lic
272. to improve the conversion algorithms Defaults Selecting Flowcharts and similar drawings automatically selects the best separation settings for decomposing imported flowcharts and similar images The Freehand and complex drawings choice does the same for freehand drawings The individual SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s GuideUsing SmartDraw with MS Word PowerPoint and Other Programs e 225 settings in each case are explained below You can specify the individual settings manually if you like regardless of which default is selected Combine text into paragraphs Text from imported images consists of single line strings where each string has one typeface If this box is checked SmartDraw will attempt to combine these strings into one paragraph The setting for single or double space indicates how much space SmartDraw should allow between lines before it terminates one text block and creates another Place text inside existing shapes When this box is checked the text blocks detected by SmartDraw s conversion process are placed inside any shapes that they appear to lie on top of SmartDraw will try to detect and duplicate the alignment of the text inside the original shape Convert small shapes at the end of lines into arrowheads With this box checked SmartDraw attempts to recognize arrowheads at the end of lines Separate segmented lines into individual line objects With this box checked SmartDraw will treat perpendicular li
273. ts and graphics you can use in your drawings SmartDraw automatically aligns your shapes symbols lines and text for a perfect appearance and the ready made Design Themes can create a professional looking color scheme for your entire drawing with just a click of the mouse SmartDraw works as a stand alone program and also with Microsoft Office and other programs that support Object Linking and Embedding OLE You can insert a SmartDraw drawing directly into Microsoft Word or PowerPoint with a simple copy and paste You can also insert Office documents like graphs equations and spreadsheets into your SmartDraw drawings Installing SmartDraw Before you can run SmartDraw you must install it by running the Setup Program There are two ways to get the setup program file By downloading over the Internet On a CD Internet Download SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 8 Anyone can freely download the SmartDraw Trial Edition from www smartdraw com You can also download full versions of any SmartDraw program that you have purchased In either case the file you download to your computer is an installation program You must run it to install SmartDraw onto your system The simplest way to do this is to download the file to your desktop This creates an icon on your Windows desktop You can then run the install program by double clicking on its desktop icon Alternately you can run the installation program using
274. uentially from the top as they are displayed GIF Format Options Dialog Hyperlinking to Files and Web Pages s By using the Hyperlink command on the Insert tab you can hyperlink objects in your SmartDraw drawing to Another SmartDraw drawing file A web address URL Another program s document such as a Word document A program command line to run a program To create a hyperlink Select the text or object on the page that you want hyperlink and then choose Hyperlink from the Insert tab This opens the Hyperlink Dialog SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Publishing To The Web e 212 Create a Hyperlink Name of Link Type in the name of a document web site or a program and SmartDraw will open it when you click on the blue link created m Type of Link Hint SmartDraw will run other applications and open Cancel Cc s SmartDraw Drawing their documents when you click on this type of C Web Page link G Use this to associate text files Word Document documents and other notes with a text link or C Program shape The Hyperlink Dialog Specify the type of file or location you want to link to in Type of Link Enter the file name web URL or program command line in the box at the top You can use the Browse button to search for a particular file on your computer The Appearance of Hyperlinks in Your Drawing Hyperlinked text appears blue and underlined However this formatting will not show wh
275. varieties support a button on the top of the stylus that act as an eraser Others may have a button on the side to erase Most are programmable in some way Refer to your Tablet PC owner s manual to fully Understand how your particular Tablet PC stylus works Throughout this section we will use new terminology to describe using a Tablet PC stylus Instead of clicking for a mouse we will say tap to describe tapping a stylus on the screen where you want the click to occur Instead of click and drag we will say press and drag Instead of right click we will say right tap Tablet PC and the Main Toolbar Interaction with the Main Toolbar remains unchanged Using the Tablet Pen you can select use the main toolbar commands just like a mouse You will notice a new tab called Ink that only appears if you have a Tablet enabled PC The Main Toolbar for a Tablet PC SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Tablet PC e 231 B tone C Sh a Sey r 1 B P N ae o an _Verdara v 10 gt IE Copy 2 Line v E ta L Line Y Paste Select Text gt Quick Ar X Arrowheads LI I Stylsv Effects Clipboard Tools Theme ShapeStye Font _ _fa __ Paragraph _ The Ink Tab FA 8L Q Color v Q Select Pen Highlighter Eraser Z Thickness v Y Hide Ink a v Annotation Controb The Ink tab deals entirely with annotations that are made on top of a drawing Th
276. w Selecting a SmartTemplate SmartTemplates are the ready made templates that you use to create any type of drawing in SmartDraw Each SmartTemplate is designed for one particular type of drawing and it s important to choose a template that matches the type of drawing you intend to create When you create a new document in SmartDraw you ll see the Document Browser screen Choosing a Template from the Document Browser SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 49 Choose a SmartTemplate by clicking on the image of the one you want to open If none of the templates exactly match the kind of drawing you want to create pick the one most similar Each template even the blank ones has special settings for grid snaps line linking and other crucial attributes that make it easy to draw a particular type of diagram or very difficult if you choose the wrong type of template Browsing the Template Categories At the left side of the Document Browser is the Category List You can expand each category by clicking on its name to display its subcategories rTP Charts dy Decision Trees we Engineering Descendant Trees Pedigree Charts Genograms Ecomaps Forms amp Records Fe Floor Plans Se Flowcharts 5 Flyers Template Categories In the preview area in the center of the Document Browser you see the template Previews small images of the templates that you can browse through SmartDraw 200
277. w line segment between them to close the shape G When your line is ready to join another the cursor changes to the Join Line cursor with a circle around the end of the pen Connect a the end Joining the Ends of a Line to Make a New Shape You can continue to adjust the outline of a shape created this way by clicking on its growth handles and adjustment handles while it is selected after closing it Like other shapes you can type into it fill it with colors and change the appearance of its border and so on You can also edit the outline of the shape by using the Edit Shape Outline command from Change Shape of the Design tab See Drawing Freeform Lines and Shapes See Editing the Outlines of Shapes SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing Freeform Shapes and Lines 187 Flexible Reshaping of Freeform Shapes Closed freeform shapes technically called polygons have a unique reshaping property that is not available on other simpler shapes When selected a freeform shape has an extra set of growth handles called reshaping handles which appear as black diamonds one in the middle of each segment of the polygon For curved segments the diamond appears on the imaginary straight line between the two ends of the segment a e Za m Additional Reshaping Handles on Freeform Shapes The reshaping handle allows that side of the shape to be extended in a direction perpendicular to the side of the shap
278. watermarks from every document you made with your trial version At the time of activation you can also order an optional CD and Quick Start Guide to be shipped to you If you have any questions or prefer to place your order over the phone you can always call SmartDraw com directly at 1 800 817 4238 in the US and Canada or 858 225 3300 outside the US If you wish to purchase SmartDraw with a Company Purchase Order print out an order form and mail or fax the order form with a copy of the Purchase Order SmartDraw com only accepts Purchase Orders from entities in the US and Canada See Order By Fax or Mail for more information Return to How to Order SmartDraw Order Online Visit www smartdraw com and order online with a credit card You can download your software immediately and order an optional CD and Quick Start Guide to be shipped to you If you have any questions or prefer to place your order over the phone you can always call SmartDraw com directly at 1 800 817 4238 in the US and Canada or 858 225 3300 outside the US If you wish to purchase SmartDraw with a Company Purchase Order print out an order form and mail or fax the order form with a copy of the Purchase Order SmartDraw com only accepts Purchase Orders from entities in the US and Canada See Order By Fax or Mail for more information Return to How to Order SmartDraw Order by Phone Call 1 800 817 4238 within the US and Canada or call 858 225 3300
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280. words to _Change Al luerdic th Suggest Options Dictionaries Help Cancel The Check Spelling Dialog box The Check Spelling Dialog has the following controls Not in dictionary Indicates that a misspelled word was detected The word is considered misspelled because it could not be located in any open dictionaries You can type the correct word in this box and hit Change or choose one of the suggested words below it Doubled Word Identifies a word that appears twice in a row To ignore this instance click Ignore or to delete the second occurrence of the word hit Delete Suggestions Contains a list of suggested replacements for the word reported as misspelled This list is filled in automatically when a misspelled word is detected Subsequent presses of the Suggest button may yield more suggestions A word highlighted in this list will be substituted for the misspelled word by clicking the Change button Add Words To This soecifies which user dictionary words will be added to when you select the Add button The Add Words To list shows all User dictionaries currently open You can open or close other dictionaries via the Dictionaries dialog which is accessible by selecting the Dictionaries button Ignore SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Working with Text e 101 Causes this occurrence of a misspelled word to be skipped If the same misspelled word appears later it will be reported Ignore A
281. y a selecting an object and then clicking the Position and Size Dialog Launcher Ma on the Design tab or b right clicking on the object and selecting Position and Size from the menu SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Drawing with SmartDraw e 68 Position and Size Position Size Left EE Right 4 22 width 0 72 Top 0 66 Bottom 1 68 Height 1 02 Cancel Help Changing the Right and Bottom Positions changes The Object s Size The Object s Position Units All values are in Inches The Position and Size Dialog You can specify the coordinates of the left top right and bottom of the object in the units shown Changing the left and top values also changes the right and bottom shifting them to maintain the same width and height The two radio buttons control whether changing the object s bottom or right value changes the object s size by leaving the left and top unchanged or changes the object s position by changing the left and top to maintain the dimensions The position dialog for a line unlike that for shapes allows you to enter the length of the line Also to help you position objects the Status Bar in the lower right corner of the document window displays the coordinates of the cursor and the dimensions of any currently selected object Rotating Objects Shapes symbols text straight lines and curved lines can be rotated to any angle You can do this manually by dragging the rotation
282. ymbols Symbol Libraries fT Seach Click on a library name to preview Search Results Ae Decorative Garden E Plants H O Symbol Libraries Accident Reconstruction Anatomy amp Physiology Calendars Certificates Plant Group 4 Plant Group 6 Clip Art Crime Scenes utp Engineering NZ Family Trees s A 9 Floor Plans a Flowcharts G Forms Gantt Charts Plant Group 7 Landscape Design Landscape Features ee Landscape Furniture a Landscape Greenery Plant Group 1 i m e Fe The More Symbols Dialog will appear Using the Search Bar At the top of the More Symbols Dialog is the symbols Search Bar Typing a word into this bar and pressing the Enter Key or clicking on the Search button searches the SmartDraw symbol libraries for symbols that match that word Symbol Libraries The Search Bar When the search is completed search results will be displayed in the Search Results folder in the Explorer Tree The Explorer Tree is the column of yellow folders in the left side of the More Symbols dialog box It shows a list of all the currently installed SmartDraw Symbol Libraries SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide The Left Panel e 42 More Symbols Symbol Libraries ribbon Search Click on a library name to preview SmartDraw Explorer My Favorites Dark YellowModem_ Green Leaves Border Red
283. you use Undo Works up to 100 steps back P New CirltN Open the template selection screen to begin a new document Al Save Ctrl S Save your document D PDF Export Exports and saves your drawing as a PDF Adobe Acrobat document g Microsoft Word Export Inserts your SmartDraw document into Microsoft Word as an OLE object Microsoft PowerPoint Export Inserts your SmartDraw document into Microsoft PowerPoint as an OLE object Microsoft Excel Export Inserts your SmartDraw document into Microsoft Excel as an OLE object Rulers and Grids Rulers SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Getting Started 34 Show Rulers For some drawing types rulers automatically appear along the top and left edges of the work area For other types they are hidden In either case you can show or hide the rulers by clicking on the Show Rulers button on the Page Tab Work area with rulers showing The Status Bar in the lower right corner of the document window displays the coordinates of the cursor and the dimensions of any currently selected shape in the units of the ruler Clicking in a ruler displays a temporary dotted line called a Guide which follows the position of the cursor This can be used to measure the position of an object in the drawing Clicking in the upper left corner where the two rulers meet and then dragging your mouse into the drawing area displays two of these lines forming a cross hair guid
284. ys the X and Y coordinates of the cursor and the dimensions of any currently selected shape in the units of the ruler 4 6 13 y 4 77 Inches The Status Bar Printing To print your document click the Smartdraw Button at the top left of the program window then click Print This opens the Print Dialog where you can specify how to print your drawing Printing Multiple Page Drawings Although SmartDraw has a very large potential Work Area it prints only those pages that your drawing actually touches If your drawing lies completely within one page only that page is printed If your drawing extends across a page boundary it is printed on two or more pages SmartDraw 2009 User s GuideUser s Guide Viewing and Printing 200 SSeS eee eck eee eee ee ee Seca eee ee SSS Se ee ede cee eee eee ce eee eee eee eee Multiple Page Drawing In the illustration above four pages are printed marked 1 2 3 and 4 The top left page of the array of pages that contain the drawing is printed as page 1 The remaining pages are then printed starting with the page to the right of page 1 and proceeding from top left to bottom right across each row When a page range is specified in the Print dialog the page numbering follows this scheme For example to print the bottom right page only in the example above you would specify a range of page 4 through 4 SmartDraw takes the page margin settings into account and shows the printable area of eac

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