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Line style selection dialog |
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Allows you to choose a line style to draw the specified objects, configure the list of line styles for the current document.
Immediately after opening, only the left side of the dialog box appears on the screen, displaying a list of line styles for the current document. Styles are marked with icons:
— system style,
— embedded style,
— library style; an exclamation mark in a red circle may appear next to the style name 
, if the style lost contact with the library.
An icon can be added to the left of the style icon
, indicating that the style is in effect in the document, i.e. is in use.
When expanded, the dialog has two windows. The right side of the dialog is used to select a library (or set) of styles and add them to the document's style list. Only one viewport can be active at a time. Activation is accomplished by clicking on the window.
Above each viewport is a search field where you can search for line styles by number or name. In the left viewport, the search is filtered by line style type. To find the desired style, enter the search characters in the search field, then select the desired line from the search results list.
Styles in the list can be sorted by name or number. To change the sorting, click the desired column header. A triangle appears in the column header by which styles are sorted. Its position indicates the sorting direction—ascending or descending. A sample of the style whose name is highlighted in the list is displayed in the preview field at the bottom of the dialog.
Description of Controls
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Left window controls |
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Create |
This button allows you to create a line style. The new style is added to the list of document styles as an embedded style. After pressing the button it dialog for creating/editing line style opens. |
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Edit |
The button allows you to edit the selected line style. Available if an embedded style is selected in the document style list. After pressing the button dialog for editing line style opens. |
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Delete |
The button allows you to delete the selected style(s). Available if an unused style(s)— embedded or library—is selected in the document style list. After clicking the button, a dialog opens asking you to confirm the deletion or refuse it. |
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Filter |
This field is used to select a filter for the current document's line style list. The set of filters is determined by the current line style list. The full set includes the following filters. •All •System styles •Embedded styles •Library styles •Used styles •Unused styles By default, the All option is selected in the list, which matches the entire list. To apply a filter, select it from the list. Only those styles that match the filter will remain in the style list. |
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Add styles |
Click the button to add styles from a library or set to the document's style list. A dialog box on the right will appear, with controls described below. To collapse the dialog box, click the button again. |
Right window controls |
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Show library |
A button for selecting a line style library. Clicking it opens a dialog box in which you must select the line style library file (*.lcs) and click Open. A list of library line styles will appear in the preview window. |
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Show set |
A button for selecting a line style set. Clicking it will open a dialog where you'll need to specify the set's name and click the Select button. A list of line styles will appear in the preview window. |
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Copy |
This button allows you to embed one or more library styles or styles from a style set into a document. It is available if styles are selected in the list of library styles or styles from a style set. After clicking the button, the selected styles are included in the document list as embedded styles. Styles embedded in a document from libraries do not retain links to the files in those libraries. |
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Copy by link |
This button allows you to add one or more library styles to the document's style list. Available if there are styles selected in the library style list. After clicking the button, the selected styles are included in the document list as library styles. Library styles remain associated with the library files from which they were added to the document. |
After selecting the required style from the list, click the Select button to apply the specified style to the line. To exit the dialog without saving your changes, click the Cancel button.
Library styles with broken links
The connection between a document's library styles and the library is broken in the following cases:
•moving the library file from which the styles were added to the document to another folder;
•removing the corresponding styles from the library.
Restoring connections is possible in one of the following ways:
•place the library file in the same path, then close and open the document - the library and styles in it will be found;
•Without moving the library, open it in the line style settings dialog and re-add the styles from it to the document styles list - the previous path to the library file will be replaced with the current one.
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If the list contains several library line styles with a broken link, you can use the Library with broken link filter for ease of use. |
If restoring the library or styles within it is not possible, edit the objects using the broken-link styles by assigning them different styles, and then remove the broken-link styles from the document's style list. You can do this, for example, as follows.
1.Open the line style settings dialog, remember the name of the style that has lost its connection with the library, and close the dialog.
2.Select objects in the document that use this style using the command Specify by properties....
3.Replace style of specified objects with another one.
4.In the Style Settings dialog, delete the style that has lost its connection with the library.
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Lines that use a broken link style retain their style, so you don't need to change their style (for example, if there are no styles to replace). |
