** File: TpPlt_01.hlp
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** Content: Plot View Basics


Û  Plot View basics

    Plot View is divided into four major
portions: plot editor tool box, color
palette, page margin guide line, and
client area.


Û  Toolbox

    The toolbox is on the top-left corner
of a Plot View window.  There are 23 tools
available in TechPlot's plot editing
toolbox.  To select a tool, either use a
mouse to click on the button or use
<Space Bar> key.


Û  Color palette

    The color palette is located in the
lower left corner of a Plot View window.
There are 16 different colors in the color
palette.  You can select an object and
choose one of the colors from the color
palette.  The change of color to the object
will be seen immediately on the screen.
These colors are available only for EGA,
EGA64, or VGA.


Û  Page margin guidelines

    The page margin guidelines are the
dotted lines on the client area of the Plot
View window.  The graphs inside the
guidelines are the same size and position
as they will show on the hardcopy up to a
scale ratio.  The page margin guidelines
are drawn based on the current page view.
Basically, there are three page views
available in TechPlot: half-page (8"x5"),
portrait (8"x10"), and landscape (10"x8").


Û  Client area

    The client area is the working area
where the graph is displayed and edited.
It is the area enclosed by the page
margin guide lines.

