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

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Len,

I've done several programs similar to spreadsheets. In every case,  
instead of drawing lines, I draw the grid lines in a drawing program,  
MacDraft, where I have greater control of the appearance; then I save  
the drawing as a JPG and use that to create an image which I can  
display on the cards, placing transparent text fields over the image.  
It could also be saved in a number of other graphic formats. I  
haven't tried this when the "spreadsheet" is larger than the screen  
and needs to be scrolled, but I suspect I could work out something  
that would work, possibly by paging the data instead of scrolling it  
line by line; or by partially paging by half or quarter pages, using  
buttons instead of scroll bars. I just love to use drawings. (smile)

Joe Wilkins

On May 22, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:

> 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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