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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
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	<META key="author" CONTENT="Sylvain Reynal">
    <TITLE>jPicEdt 1.3.2 Help Content </TITLE>
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	<H2>Editing shapes</H2>
	<P>
	To edit an object, first <B>click on its stroke path</B> to select it : 
	</P>
	<UL>
		<LI>if this object is a <B>single</B>
		object, its anchor points transform to small squares ; </LI>
		<LI>if this object is a <B>group</B>
		of objects, and 
		<IMG SRC="EditPointsMode.gif"></IMG>
		button isn't active, group's end-points are displayed instead (this
		allows you to scale the entire group content); if this button's
		active, you can edit inwards object end-points separately; 
		</LI>
		<LI>the floating attribute-editor gets
		updated according to the selected object properties (e.g.
		fill-colour, stroke thickness, arrows...). 
		</LI>
	</UL>
	<P>
	You can move a particular anchor point by clicking on it and
	dragging the mouse, or you can translate the whole selection by
	clicking somewhere on a stroke path. When moving a <B>group</B> of
	object, the clicked object serves as a reference for <B>alignment</B>
	on the grid. 
	</P>
	<p>
	If you want precise control over the object location, 
	pressing <B>F2</B> directly pops up a properties panel
	that lets you alter the object shape using numerical entries rather than the mouse
	</P>
	<p>
	<b>Tip : </b> clicking on a selected object with SHIFT pressed let you deselect it.
	</p>
	
	<H2>Context menu</H2>
	<P>
	Right-clicking on an object raises a <B>popup menu</B>
	which lets you do various operations on that object. More
	operations (e.g. rotations, ...) should be available in future
	releases. 
	</P>
	
	<h2>Resizing rectangles, ellipses and arcs</h2>
	<p>
	Pressing the <b>CONTROL</b> key during a resize-operation leaves the centre fixed.
	</p>

	<h2>Adding points to polygons</h2>
	<p>
	Pressing the <b>CONTROL</b> key when the mouse hovers on a polygon stroke-path, 
	allows to add/remove points to/from the polygon.
	</p>

	<H2>Multiple selections and groups</H2>
	<P>
	You can afford <B>multiple selections</B> either by holding the
	<B>SHIFT</B> key pressed during the select operation or by &quot;wrapping&quot;
	objects you want to select in a selection rectangle that you create by
	dragging the mouse from anywhere on the sheet. <I>Translation</I> and
	<I>scaling</I> operations are then possible using the same rules as
	in the previous paragraph. You can also <B>group</B> selected objects
	so that they get linked one to each other ; besides, groups are
	nestables. To <B>ungroup</B> previously grouped objects, click with
	the <B>right mouse button</B> somewhere on a selected group to raise
	a <B>popup menu</B>, then select the <I>ungroup</I> operation. 
	</P>

	<h2>Changing attributes</h2>
	<p>
	Graphical attributes, e.g. line thickness, fill colour, etc... can be changed by first
	selecting objects of interest, then changing fields values in the floating <b>Attribute Editor</b>
	palette.
	</p>
	<p>
	<img src="AttributeEditor.gif">
	</p>
	Depending on the current content-type, some attributes aren't displayed, though they can be changed
	in the Attribute Editor. In particular, the LaTeX picture environment content-type supports only a
	very limited subset of all the attributes available in the palette (e.g. no colour, no texture, only
	simple arrows, no shadow,...).
	If you'd like to use the whole gamus of graphical attributes offered by the palette, including shadows,
	texture and colour filling, or fine-grained dashing, please switch to the PsTricks content-type, and
	add an <b>\usepackage{pstricks.sty}</b> in your LaTeX files. You won't regret it !
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