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Basic Object Customization

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As well as being added to the drawing pane, new objects are added to the object list in the Symbol Outline pane. By default, they are given the name of their object type. For example, the rectangle object created in Adding an Object is called Rectangle. To change the size and name of an object, do the following:

  1. Select the Rectangle object.
  2. Click the Transform tab in the Styling Customizer.
  3. Type 120 in the Width field and press the ENTER key on your keyboard. The rectangle resizes to the new width.
  4. Type 30 in the Height field and press the ENTER key. The rectangle resizes to the new height.
  5. Click the General tab.
  6. Type progressbar in the Name field and press the ENTER key. You see the object name change in the Symbol Outline pane.

Note
  1. All object, palette and category names must be single words containing only alphanumeric characters.
  2. In the Symbol Editor, all measurements are in pixels.

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