Place New Symbol The symbol panel is located in the left sidebar of the main window. Click on the Flowchart drop menu at the top of the symbol panel to select the symbol catalog. There are two ways to place a symbol into the diagram: - Simply drag the symbol from the panel to the diagram area and release the mouse button when it's in the right position.
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You can also click to select the symbol on the panel and move the cursor to the diagram area. Click again to stamp the symbol onto the diagram. You can repeat placing the same symbol by hold down Shift while stamping.
Move Symbol Click and drag a symbol to move it.
Resize Symbol Select the symbol, drag one of the square dot handles to resize the symbol if the handle is enabled (not gray).
Rotate Symbol Select the symbol, move the rotation handle to rotate the symbol if the handle is available. To move the center of rotation (indicated by +), drag + to the desired location.
Toggle Connection Point Highlighting From the Edit tab toolbar, click Highlight. While connection point highlighting is on, connection points will be highlighted while hovering the cursor over unselected symbols.
Add Anchor Point From the Edit tab toolbar, click Add Anchor or press Ctrl + 1. Click the position in the symbol where the new anchor point should be added. Right click or press ESC to exit creating anchor mode.
Delete Anchor Point From the Edit tab toolbar, click Delete Anchor or press Ctrl + 2. Click the anchor point to be deleted from a symbol. Right click or press ESC to exit deleting anchor mode.
Move Anchor Point From the Edit tab toolbar, click Move Anchor or press Ctrl + 3. Click and drag the anchor point to be moved from a symbol. Right click or press ESC to exit moving anchor mode. Edit Style Click on the symbol to select it, then you can: - From the Home tab toolbar, click on Fill to change the brush (color or gradient fill) style of the symbol. See also Fill Style.
- From the Home tab toolbar, click on Line to change the brush and line style of the symbol's outline. See also Line Style.
- From the Home tab toolbar, click on Text to type/edit the text in the symbols.
- From the Home tab toolbar, click on Font to change the text style and alignment. See also Font Style.
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