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Options Bar

The Options bar can be displayed by choosing View - Toolbars - Options.

Rotation Mode after Clicking Object

Changes the mouse-click behavior, so that rotation handles appear after you click an object, and then click it again. Drag a handle to rotate the object in the direction you want.

Rotation Mode after Clicking Object

Display Grid

Specifies whether to display the grid.

Display Grid

Show Snap Lines

Shows or hides snap lines so can you align objects on your slide. To remove a snap line, drag it off the slide.

Show Snap Lines

Guides When Moving

Specifies whether to display guides when moving an object.

Guides When Moving

Snap to Grid

Specifies whether to move frames, drawing elements, and controls only between grid points. To change the status of the snap grip for only the current action, drag an object while holding down the Ctrl key.

Snap to Grid

Snap to Guides

Snaps the edge of a dragged object to the nearest snap line when you release the mouse.

Snap to Guides

Snap to Page Margins

Specifies whether to align the contour of the graphic object to the nearest page margin.

Snap to Page Margins

Snap to Object Border

Specifies whether to align the contour of the graphic object to the border of the nearest graphic object.

Snap to Object Border

Snap to Object Points

Specifies whether to align the contour of the graphic object to the points of the nearest graphic object.

Snap to Object Points

Allow Quick Editing

Specifies whether to immediately switch to the text editing mode when clicking a text object.

Allow Quick Editing

Select Text Area Only

Specifies whether to select a text frame by clicking the text.

Select Text Area Only

Double-Click to add Text

Changes the mouse-click behavior, so that you can double-click an object to add or edit text.

Double-click to add Text

Simple Handles

Turns off 3-D highlighting on selection handles.

Simple Handles

Large Handles

Displays large selection handles.

Large Handles

Create Object with Attributes

If this icon on the Options bar is activated, objects are shown with their attributes while you draw them. If this icon is not activated, only a contour is shown while drawing, and the object is shown with all attributes when you release the mouse button.

Create Object with Attributes

Picture Placeholders

Specifies whether to display only the contour of inserted graphics.

Picture Placeholders

Contour Mode

Specifies whether to display only the contour of filled drawings, without the filling.

Contour Mode

Text Placeholders

Specifies whether to display a text window without its text contents.

Text Placeholders

Line Contour Only

Specifies whether to always display lines and contours as fine lines. This display does not depend on the currently used line width.

Line Contour Only

Exit all Groups

Exits all groups and returns to normal view.

Exit all groups

Index

rotation mode

guides, show snap lines icon

showing, guides

text, double-clicking to edit

handles, simple

handles, large

attributes, objects with

objects, with attributes

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