ReportWorks | Tools | Line
Use the Line menu option or toolbar button to draw a straight line in an existing ReportWorks page. You can adjust the line style, thickess, and color. See Polylines for multi-segmented lines.
- Line Options: Click on the Outline tab in the Line Options window to access these settings:
- Style: Click in this drop-down box to choose the line style, such as Solid for a solid line, or Dashed for a dashed line.
- Color: Choose the line color by clicking in the color box and making your selection.
- Width: If the style is set to Solid, you can designate a line width by typing in an integer value, with 0 equaling thin lines, widening as the integer increases. Non-solid lines (dashed, dot-dashed, etc.) are set automatically to a thin width.
- Layer: Select the layer to which the line is to be assigned by clicking on the down-arrow button.
- Create a new ReportWorks document or open an existing document as necessary.
- Click on the name of the Layer into which you want to insert the line.
- Click on the Line toolbar button
or choose the Tools | Line menu option.
- Use your mouse to position the cursor in the page where the one endpoint of the line is to be placed, and click and hold the left mouse button to place this point. Drag the cursor to the desired location of the second endpoint, and release the mouse button.
- Double-click on the line to view/adjust its settings, or right-click on the line and choose Properties.
- Select the line style and color as described above, and click Apply to enforce these settings.
- Click Close to close the Line Options window.
- Resize the line as you wish by clicking on one of the endpoint handles and dragging longer or shorter or smaller.
- Reposition the line as you wish by clicking and holding anywhere on the line and dragging it to the new location.
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