SmartDraw 2008 User Guide
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SmartDraw®
User's Guide
Version 2008
SmartDraw.com
SmartDraw 2008 User Guide
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Getting Started 8
Welcome to SmartDraw! ........................................................................................................... 8
Installing SmartDraw ................................................................................................................. 9
Installing SmartDraw on a Network ........................................................................................ 10
The Document Browser ........................................................................................................... 11
Getting Help ............................................................................................................................ 13
Creating a New Document ....................................................................................................... 15
Closing and Saving Documents ............................................................................................... 16
Documents and Windows ........................................................................................................ 17
Right Mouse Button Menus ..................................................................................................... 17
The Main Toolbar .................................................................................................................... 17
The SmartPanel ........................................................................................................................ 18
The SmartDraw Button ............................................................................................................ 19
The Home Tab ......................................................................................................................... 20
The Design Tab........................................................................................................................ 23
The Insert Tab .......................................................................................................................... 25
The Page Tab ........................................................................................................................... 26
The Table Tab .......................................................................................................................... 27
The Chart Tab .......................................................................................................................... 29
The Picture Tab........................................................................................................................ 32
The Help Tab ........................................................................................................................... 33
The Work Area Toolbar ........................................................................................................... 34
One-Click Common Control Buttons ...................................................................................... 34
Rulers and Grids ...................................................................................................................... 35
Undo and Redo ........................................................................................................................ 36
Storing Two or More Drawings in the Same Document .......................................................... 36
Tool Default Settings ............................................................................................................... 37
Exiting SmartDraw .................................................................................................................. 37
The Left Panel 38
The Left Panel.......................................................................................................................... 38
Searching the Symbol Libraries ............................................................................................... 41
Opening Symbol Libraries ....................................................................................................... 44
Explorer Favorites ................................................................................................................... 45
Symbol Explorer Right Mouse Button Menus ......................................................................... 45
Refreshing the Symbol Explorer Tree ..................................................................................... 46
Library Previews and On-Demand Installation ....................................................................... 47
Licensed and Unlicensed Content ............................................................................................ 48
Drawing with SmartDraw 49
Selecting a SmartTemplate ...................................................................................................... 49
Searching for SmartTemplates ................................................................................................. 52
SmartTemplate Favorites ......................................................................................................... 53
SmartTemplate Previews and On-Demand Installation ........................................................... 53
Adding Objects to Your Drawing ............................................................................................ 54
Drawing Lines ......................................................................................................................... 56
Changing the Shape of a Line .................................................................................................. 58
Line Hops ................................................................................................................................ 59
Selecting Objects ..................................................................................................................... 60
Selecting Multiple Objects ....................................................................................................... 61
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Selecting with the Tab Key ...................................................................................................... 62
Moving Objects ....................................................................................................................... 63
Re-Sizing Objects .................................................................................................................... 64
The Shape Properties Dialog ................................................................................................... 66
The Position and Size Dialog ................................................................................................... 68
Rotating Objects ...................................................................................................................... 69
Flipping Objects....................................................................................................................... 71
Deleting Objects ...................................................................................................................... 71
Duplicating Objects ................................................................................................................. 72
Changing the Appearance of a Drawing 73
Changing the Appearance of Shapes ....................................................................................... 73
Changing the Appearance of Shape Borders ........................................................................... 74
Changing Texture Properties ................................................................................................... 75
Change Shape .......................................................................................................................... 77
Adjusting Shapes ..................................................................................................................... 77
Editing Shape Outlines ............................................................................................................ 78
Changing the Appearance of Lines .......................................................................................... 78
Custom Arrowheads ................................................................................................................ 80
Dimensioning: Showing Line Length ...................................................................................... 81
Changing the Background ....................................................................................................... 82
Using the Format Painter ......................................................................................................... 82
Design Effects .......................................................................................................................... 83
Themes..................................................................................................................................... 84
Overriding Themes for Specific Objects ................................................................................. 85
Working with Text 86
Creating Text ........................................................................................................................... 86
Aligning Text ........................................................................................................................... 87
Automatic Text Resizing ......................................................................................................... 88
Text Entry Properties ............................................................................................................... 88
Entering Background Text ....................................................................................................... 91
Text Entry and the Tab Key ..................................................................................................... 91
Attaching Text to Lines ........................................................................................................... 92
Changing Text Fonts, Size and Style ....................................................................................... 93
Changing Text Color ............................................................................................................... 94
The Global Default Font .......................................................................................................... 95
Object Shrinking Due to Deleting Text ................................................................................... 95
Inserting Text Symbols ............................................................................................................ 96
Special Characters ................................................................................................................... 96
Bulleted Text ........................................................................................................................... 97
Real-Time Spelling Correction ................................................................................................ 97
The Check-Spelling Dialog ..................................................................................................... 98
Selecting a Spelling Language ............................................................................................... 101
The Spelling Dictionaries ...................................................................................................... 102
Spelling Options .................................................................................................................... 106
Find and Replace ................................................................................................................... 108
Using Tables 110
What are Tables? ................................................................................................................... 110
Adding Tables to a Drawing .................................................................................................. 111
Converting a Shape to a Table ............................................................................................... 112
Converting a Table to Text .................................................................................................... 112
Table Rows, Columns and Cells ............................................................................................ 113
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