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	<META key="author" CONTENT="Sylvain Reynal">
    <TITLE>jPicEdt 1.3.2 Help Content </TITLE>
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	<H2>Drawing objects</H2>
	<P>
	To draw a new object on the sheet, first select a shape by
    clicking on one of the drawing tools on the floating toolbar.
	</P>
	<p>
	<IMG SRC="ToolkitPalette.gif">
	</IMG>
	<p>
    Each button can display a tooltip
    if the mouse stays more than two seconds on it. Then CLICK with the
    mouse's LEFT button anywhere on the canvas to set the object's first
    point. Now MOVING the mouse let you choose the second point. When
    you're ok, simply CLICK again. 
	</P>
	<P>Graphical objects defined by more than two control points, e.g. polygons or
    splines, work the same way, except that you'll have to "move-then-click" as many
    times as there are control points to the curve, then DOUBLE-CLICK to end up the drawing process.
	</P>
	<p>
    If a right click occurs before the element is totally drawn, this cancels the whole
    operation.
	</p>
	<P>The following is a list of all available objects as well as their
    associated icon on the toolbar :</P>
	<TABLE BORDER=2>
		<TR><TD><IMG SRC="Line.gif"></TD><TD>Lines</P></TD></TR>
		<TR><TD><IMG SRC="Bezier.gif"></TD><TD>Bezier quadratic splines</TD></TR>
		<TR><TD><IMG SRC="Cubic.gif"></TD><TD>Bezier cubic splines</TD></TR>
		<TR><TD><IMG SRC="Rectangle.gif"></TD><TD>Rectangles. </TD></TR>
		<TR><TD><IMG SRC="Ellipse.gif"></TD><TD>Circles, ellipses.</TD></TR>
		<TR><TD><IMG SRC="ArcOpen.gif"></TD><TD>Open arcs.</TD></TR>
		<TR><TD><IMG SRC="ArcPie.gif"></TD><TD>Pies.</TD></TR>	
		<TR><TD><IMG SRC="ArcChord.gif"></TD><TD>Chord arcs. </TD></TR>	
		<TR><TD><IMG SRC="Polygon.gif"></TD><TD>Polygons. Double-click to end the drawing operation.</TD></TR>	
		<TR><TD><IMG SRC="Text.gif"></TD><TD>Text (possibly boxed). </TD></TR>	
	</TABLE>
	<p>For rectangles, ellipses and arcs, press the <b>CONTROL</b> key to draw with centre kept fixed.</p>
	<p>For all objects, pressing F2 open a properties-panel. This in particular allows to change the
	alignement and box type for texts, and the arc type for arcs.</p>
	<p><b>Please note :</b> PsTricks doesn't support elliptic arcs. There have been some add-ons which
	circumvent this limitation, yet these aren't included YET in jPicEdt. LaTeX and eepic don't support these
	objects neither, hence these are emulated. I know, the question of adopting the same policy for PsTricks has been mooted
	several times... PsTricks is beautiful, emulation is cack. The answer is definitely NO.
	</p>
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