Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 191)

Creating Documents 171
Figure 197
The inline image of Figure 166 on page 148 with a caption added
Drawing lines and arrows
You can draw a variety of lines and/or arrows in your document.
1. Choose any one of the arrows available from the arrows and lines portion of the menu Tools >
Insert Shape illustrated in Figure 198.
Figure 198
The Lines menu as it appears from the Lines button on the Shapes palette
2. Click and drag where you want the line or arrow to appear.
a. Press 1 as you draw to constrain the line or arrow to a 45º angle.
b. For a single-headed arrow, draw from any location to where you want the arrow to point.
Using the Shape Stroke palette
In the Shape Stroke palette illustrated in Figure 199 you can determine:
• the kind of line from the pop-up menu at the top. These lines are the same lines illustrated in
Figure 245 on page 212,
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Some line strokes cannot be used with certain shapes. For example multiple line strokes
cannot be used around circles though dashed strokes can.
• the line’s color using by clicking the Color swatch to open the Colors panel,
• the line’s Thickness and Opacity,
• the shape of the end-point of the line.
At the bottom of the palette two pop-up menus offer a variety of “arrowheads” from which you
can choose for either end. This is illustrated in Figure 200 which has a point on the upper end