Gobe Productive User's Guide - Pen

- Working in the graphics environment
- Drawing tools
- Pre-defined Shapes
- Pen Attributes
- Fill Color
- Text Color
- Customizing inks
- Customizing ink sets
- Transparency
- Moving items
- Resizing & Rotating items
- Aligning Items
- Reshaping, reorienting & smoothing shapes
- Arranging, grouping & locking items
- Creating Outlines
- Views & Layers
- Styles

# Pen Attributes

All graphic objects have a Pen property. Pen refers to the outline, or line around an object. For items like Bezier curves (Bezigons) and polygons, the pen properties can be very important to the proper look and feel of the item.

Examples of pens and fills.

## To Format the Pen for a Graphic Item or Frame

Use the Pen Attributes tool on the FormatBar to set the pen color for an item. You can also tear-off the Pen or Fill Color tool, to select the pen color.

1. Select the item you wish to format.
2. From the FormatBar, use the following buttons to format the pen. You can also use the tear-off formatting palette if it is displayed.

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Pen Attributes tool

Pen Attributes tool tab bar

Pen Attributes Tool: This tool sets the color for the pen. Click the tool to display a tab bar. The tab bar contains the following choices:

| Color: Position the cursor over the tab, then select the color you want from the palette. The palette displays the currently active color set. To display other sets, see the Ink Sets topic for more information. The colors on the palette can be customized. See the Customizing Inks topic for more information.
| Pattern: Position the cursor over the tab, then select the pattern or texture you want from the palette. T he palette displays the current set of patterns or textures. To display other sets (including the texture set), see the Ink Sets topic for more information. The patterns or textures on the palette can be customized. See the Customizing Inks topic for more information.
| Gradient: Position the cursor over the tab, then select the gradient you want from the palette. The palette displays the current set of gradients. To display other sets, see the Ink Sets topic for more information. The gradients on this palette can be customized. See the Customizing Inks topic for more information.
| Transparency: Position the cursor over the tab, then select the opacity or transparency of the fill. 100% represents full opacity, 0% denotes total transparency. A transparent fill makes whatever items are behind the item show through. An opaque fill is whatever color, gradient, or pattern you chose. See the Transparency topic for more information.
| Pen Type: Selecting this tab displays a list of common pen types and sizes. For a custom pen size, select the Other option. A dialog box is displayed where you can enter a custom pen size. This tab also displays a common set of line styles. Select the style you wish to use. Normal Pen is the default style.

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