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2 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/" type="guide" id="createnew" xml:lang="nl">
5 <link type="guide" xref="index#usage"/>
6 <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2010-05-04" status="incomplete"/>
8 Create new objects within your document.
10 <credit type="author">
11 <name>Jim Evins</name>
12 <email>evins@snaught.com</email>
14 <credit type="author">
15 <name>Mario Blättermann</name>
16 <email>mariobl@gnome.org</email>
19 <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
23 <title>To create new objects</title>
25 <p>Objects are created by choosing the appropriate selection under
26 the <guiseq><gui>Objects</gui><gui>Create Object</gui></guiseq> submenu
27 or the <gui>Drawing Toolbar</gui>. This will place the display area into
28 object creation mode as indicated by its cursor. To return to the default
29 object selection mode without creating an object, choose
30 <guiseq><gui>Objects</gui><gui>Select Mode</gui></guiseq>. This will
31 return the display area's cursor to the default selection arrow.</p>
33 <p>The following describes the object creation mode for each object
38 <p>Click the desired location of the upper left corner of the
39 text object. New text objects are initialized with the
40 string "Text." To change this text, or other properties, see
41 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>
46 <p>Click the desired location of the upper left corner of the
47 box object and drag to the desired location of the lower right
48 corner. If you simply click in a single location, a square
49 box will be created. To change properties of the box object, see
50 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>
55 <p>Click the desired location of one end of the
56 line object and drag to the desired location of the other end.
57 If you simply click in a single location, a diagonal line
58 will be created. To change properties of the line object, see
59 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>
63 <title>Ellipse</title>
64 <p>Click the desired location of the upper left corner of the
65 ellipse object and drag to the desired location of the lower
66 right corner. If you simply click in a single location, a circle
67 will be created. To change properties of the ellipse object, see
68 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>
73 <p>Click the desired location of the upper left corner of the
74 image object and drag to the desired location of the lower
75 right corner. If you simply click in a single location, a square
76 will be created. New image objects are initialized with a
77 simple checkerboard image. To change this image, or other
78 properties of the image object, see
79 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>
83 <title>Barcode</title>
84 <p>Click the desired location of the upper left corner of the
85 barcode object. New barcode objects are initialized to a
86 POSTNET barcode with representative data. To change data
87 and properties of the barcode object, see
88 <link xref="editprop"/>.</p>