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7 <link type="guide" xref="index#usage"/>
8 <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2010-05-04" status="incomplete"/>
10 Create new objects within your document.
12 <credit type="author">
13 <name>Jim Evins</name>
14 <email>evins@snaught.com</email>
16 <credit type="author">
17 <name>Mario Blättermann</name>
18 <email>mariobl@gnome.org</email>
21 <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
25 <title>To create new objects</title>
27 <p>Objects are created by choosing the appropriate selection under
28 the <guiseq><gui>Objects</gui><gui>Create Object</gui></guiseq> submenu
29 or the <gui>Drawing Toolbar</gui>. This will place the display area into
30 object creation mode as indicated by its cursor. To return to the default
31 object selection mode without creating an object, choose
32 <guiseq><gui>Objects</gui><gui>Select Mode</gui></guiseq>. This will
33 return the display area's cursor to the default selection arrow.</p>
35 <p>The following describes the object creation mode for each object
40 <p>Click the desired location of the upper left corner of the
41 text object. New text objects are initialized with the
42 string "Text." To change this text, or other properties, see
43 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>
48 <p>Click the desired location of the upper left corner of the
49 box object and drag to the desired location of the lower right
50 corner. If you simply click in a single location, a square
51 box will be created. To change properties of the box object, see
52 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>
57 <p>Click the desired location of one end of the
58 line object and drag to the desired location of the other end.
59 If you simply click in a single location, a diagonal line
60 will be created. To change properties of the line object, see
61 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>
65 <title>Ellipse</title>
66 <p>Click the desired location of the upper left corner of the
67 ellipse object and drag to the desired location of the lower
68 right corner. If you simply click in a single location, a circle
69 will be created. To change properties of the ellipse object, see
70 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>
75 <p>Click the desired location of the upper left corner of the
76 image object and drag to the desired location of the lower
77 right corner. If you simply click in a single location, a square
78 will be created. New image objects are initialized with a
79 simple checkerboard image. To change this image, or other
80 properties of the image object, see
81 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>
85 <title>Barcode</title>
86 <p>Click the desired location of the upper left corner of the
87 barcode object. New barcode objects are initialized to a
88 POSTNET barcode with representative data. To change data
89 and properties of the barcode object, see
90 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>