Drawing Lines

The Line Creation Tool allows you to draw straight lines of various angles, colors, and widths on your forms. Lines may be used to separate a form into multiple sections, or to emphasize a particular area or a database field placed on a form.

To draw a line on a form:

1. Select the Line Creation Tool from the Tools Palette.

2. Move the cursor to the appropriate position, then click and drag to draw a line on the form.

Tip: The line angle may be constrained to 0°, 45°, or 90° by pressing the Shift key while drawing a line.

3. Apply the appropriate attributes (color, line width) to the new line. For details on applying attributes, see "Shape Palette".

4. Select Save Form from the Form menu to save the changes you have made to the form.

At this point, a new line has been added to the form. You can now continue drawing lines or move on to the next type of form object you want to place on your form. For information on moving, resizing, copying, or pasting lines, please refer to the "Working with Form Objects: Supported Actions" section.