Another "This should be easy but ... How do you edit a line?

Sarah Reichelt sarah.reichelt at gmail.com
Tue May 22 18:53:10 EDT 2007


On 5/18/07, Len Morgan <len-morgan at crcom.net> wrote:
> Sometimes it seems the simplest things are the hardest!!  I'm trying to
> draw a line on a card (which will be printed later) it's going to look
> like a spreadsheet when I'm done but I can't use the (useless) table
> fields from Rev.
>
> My problem is that I can't get the lines straight (hor. or vert) and I
> can't figure out how to edit them in the property inspector (I'm using
> Galaxy by the way).  Every time I change one number (like upper left),
> all the other numbers adjust when I really want them to stay the way
> they were.  When I try and move the line, it changes the angle rather
> than the position.  Is there a way to draw (and move) simple vertical or
> horizontal lines?

Check out "the points" of your graphic. I drew a diagonal line and
"the points" of that line are:
92,62
260,150

If I change this to
92,62
260,62
I get a horizontal line.

If I change it to
92,62
92,150
I get a vertical line.

HTH,
Sarah



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