Design Tools - Conversion from V7 to V8
This guide shows the V7 FormTrap commands and shows their translation into V8, with extensions highlighted.
Alignment
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Editing
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Grid
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Barcode
This new toolbar contains shortcuts for Barcodes.
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Data
This new toolbar contains shortcuts for linked Data.
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Format
The format toolbar contains many different options for formatting text and numbers. In the dropdown menu, you should choose a type for the selection.
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Nudge
Nudge is now accessed through the Nudge toolbar.
Set your own value by typing directly over the value or select from the preset options:
Record... is the equivalent of the V7 option Difference between selected objects. Select Record... in the horizontal or vertical dropdown menu.
The mouse pointer changes to a cross hair
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When the mouse is hovered near an object cross-hair
it changes to a black circled cross-hair
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Select by clicking, changes to a red circled cross-hair
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Click two points, what is recorded is the difference between the two points.
(Note: you may need to move the bottom scale slider to select where underlying
object cross-hairs
are close).
Select
The Select toolbar contains new options, all relating to selected objects.
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Shape
The Shape toolbar replaces the color tool. You can change Fill and Line color, and Width of lines.
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Size
Stretch alignment has been replaced by a new set of tools. Previously stretch alignment could be toggled on, and objects stretched rather than moved when using the alignment tools.
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> | Sets the width to two selected points (two clicks needed) |
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> | Sets the height to two selected points (two clicks needed) |
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> | Sets the width of two or more selected objects to the shortest object's width |
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> | Sets the width of two or more selected objects to the longest object's width |
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> | Sets the height of two or more selected objects to the shortest object's height |
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> | Sets the height of two or more selected objects to the tallest object's height |
Text Formatting
These are standard text formatting options with a couple of new options. Bold indicates a selected option.
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