Converting To A Graphic - Brother Ensemble PDP-300CJ Owner's Manual

Converting to a Graphic

You can also group graphic
objects and transform them.
" To custom duplicate an object:
1. Select one or more objects that you want to custom duplicate.
2. Choose Duplicate from the Edit menu. A dialog box appears.
3. Fill in the dialog box, changing the options you want:
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# of Duplicates. Select the number of duplicates you want to
make of the original.
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Rotate. Select the number of degrees by which you want to
incrementally rotate each duplicate.
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Scale. Select the scale percentage by which you want to
incrementally resize each duplicate.
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Move. Select the vertical and horizontal distance by which you
want to incrementally move each duplicate.
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Skew. Select the number of left/right and upward/downward
degrees by which you want to skew each duplicate.
4. Click on Duplicate. Drawing duplicates the selected objects using the
options you specified.
5. Click on Close to close the dialog box.
Converting to a Graphic is helpful when you want to manipulate a text
object or a graphic object to create special visual effects. For example, you
could convert a text object with your name to a graphic, then resize and
skew the text, as shown in the following illustration:
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