Figure 3.55. Edit Menu

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Reverses the last change made. is a repetitive command. Activate either by selecting this option from the menu, by pressing Alt-BackSpace, or by pressing shortcut button. |
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Deletes the marked entities from view and sends them to the system clipboard. In text writing mode, the command creates a textual clipboard that can be pasted later to any text-oriented editor. The clipboard may be treated as an additional datastack, holding the entities sent to it as raw material ready to be restored at the desired time. A entity disappears from the screen. An element must be marked before it can be . Select from the menu or press Ctrl-X to cut an element. |
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Takes the entities and sends them to the system clipboard in a similar manner to the command. However, all entities remain on the drawing. An element must be marked before it can be copied. Select from the menu or press Ctrl-C to copy an element. |
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Takes the system clipboard contents and inserts them into the drawing using the original coordinates. In text writing mode, the command inserts textual clipboard contents from the windows clipboard. This command is extremely important when you want to enter a large amount of text that was initially typed into the document or merged from e-mail. It works with foreign characters if the operating system supports the pasted foreign language. Select from the menu or press Ctrl-V to paste an element. |
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Selecting the option will change the cursor to a delete cursor. To delete an object, point the cursor on the object, or drag a rectangle over the object. Select from the menu or press Delete to delete. is a repetitive command. It is terminated when Esc is pressed and the cursor returns to the arrow shape. Delete is recoverable with the Undo command. |
Auto-marks text characters that were created using the current text parameters that appears in the Text Toolbox.
Marks all the text.
Marks characters with the same character height.
Marks characters with the same aspect ratio.
Marks characters with the same slant parameters.
Marks characters at the same rotational angle.
Marks characters in the same font.
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Highlights all unmarked elements into a marked state. This function is useful to quickly mark a large group of entities without changing the display zoom. Select from the menu or from the toolbar. |
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Restores all the marked elements to an unmarked state. This function is useful to delete or cancel marks for a large number of grouped entities without changing the display zoom. Select from the menu or from the toolbar. Clicking outside the markbox and away from any entity will also . |
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Reset operation and return to marking mode. Press Esc to achieve the same result. |
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Measure evaluates vertical, horizontal and diagonal distances as well as angles between two points. After you select the measure function, a rectangle with eight control points will appear on screen followed by the measure dialog box. Move the control point to the desired locations in order to get the distances and angles between the rectangle control points. You can continue measuring until the Measure dialog box is closed. The values in the measure dialog box can be copied into the Windows clipboard by marking the value you whish to copy (make it appear with blue background) press the mouse button and select from the pop-up menu. |