4 Using DesignCentral
DesignCentral displays tabs and options appropriate to objects’ properties.
For example, when a rectangle is selected, DesignCentral displays the width,
height, corner style and other properties.
To display DesignCentral, from the View menu, select DesignCentral.
DesignCentral Tabs
Tabs
DesignCentral consists of several tabs. The
number of tabs and their content vary according
to which objects are selected in the document.
You can select a tab by clicking on its indicator in
DesignCentral, or double-clicking the objects.
Each double-click will move to the next available
tab.
DesignCentral
DesignCentral - Document Tab
Use the Document tab to specify the size of the
drawing area and the color of the substrate, or
background color. A number of standard
document sizes are included. You can specify a
custom drawing area size by entering new
horizontal and vertical values.
Showing the Document tab
Do one of the following:
DesignCentral – Document
tab
• Open DesignCentral and click an empty area in the document.
• From the File menu, select Document Setup.
Adjust the following parameters:
Selects standard document sizes.
Opens additional options for document size.
Add
Adds a new document size.
Delete
Delete’s an existing document size.
Set as Default Sets a default document size.
Show Border Shows or hides the design area borders.
Width of document.
Height of document.
Specifies the color of the substrate.
DesignCentral - Margin Tab
Use the Margin tab to specify the margins around
a drawing area.
These margins are used when objects are aligned
or distributed, and also are useful for laying out
elements symmetrically. See “Aligning Objects”
on page 41 for more information.
DesignCentral – Margin tab
DesignCentral – Scale Tab
The Scale tab allows you to change the width,
height and position of selected objects. You can
size objects by dragging the control points or by
changing the numerical values.
In DesignCentral, adjust the following
parameters:
DesignCentral – Scale tab
Changing the Size of Objects
1 Select the objects.
2 Adjust the following parameters:
Width of design.
Height of design.
Or
• Drag the control points on the objects.
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