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Adding and editing graphic elements
You can also add graphic elements to a form: rectangles to visually group elements, lines to separate elements, icons, logos, photos, location maps, and other image elements.
To add an image to a form
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Click the Image buttonadd graphic button () in the Customize window and then click on the form where you want to place the graphic. A new graphic element appears.
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Double-click the image element. The Field Properties window appears. The Open window appears.
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Click Load Picture. The Open window appears.
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Select the image file and click Open. The Field Properties window displays the graphic in the Preview Picture area.
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Type the field location and field size for the picture.
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Click OK to close the Field Properties window. The picture appears in the Customize window.
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If you want, move the image or change the properties of the image—see ‘Editing all elements with common commands’ below.
To paste an image on a form
You can paste almost any graphic that can be placed on the clipboard into a form, regardless of its graphic format.
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Open your graphic file in any graphics software.
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Copy the graphic to the clipboard.
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Click the add graphic button () in the Customize window. Then click the location on the form where you want the graphic to appear. A graphic element appears.
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Double-click the graphic element. The Field Properties window appears.
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Click Paste Picture. The graphic appears in the Preview Picture area.
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Type the field location and element size for the graphic.
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Click OK. The graphic appears in the Customize window.
To add shapes to a form
You can draw lines, circles, squares and triangles on your form.
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Click the Shapes button and choose a shape from the list. The selected shape appears on the form.
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If you want to change the appearance of the shape, open the Format window and click the Fields tab.
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Change the settings as required. You can change the color, border, location, rotation, and size of the shape.
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If you want to move the shape to a different location on the form, drag and drop the shape using your mouse.
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If you want to edit other properties of the shape, see ‘Editing all elements with common commands’ below.
To draw a line on a form
You can draw a vertical or horizontal line on a form.
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Click the draw line button () and then click and hold the mouse at the location on the form where you want the line to begin.
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Drag to where you want the line to end and then release the mouse button.
To draw a rectangle on a form
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Click the rectangle button ().
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Click and hold the mouse at the location on the form where you want the top left corner of the rectangle to appear.
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Drag to the right and down to where you want the rectangle to end and then release the mouse button.
To change the thickness of a line or rectangle
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Double-click the line or rectangle. The Field Properties window appears.
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Choose a thickness in the Line Size section of the Field Properties window.
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Click OK.
Related topics
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Customizing forms
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Adding and editing elements
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Editing all elements with common commands

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