[softwarelist] Re: drawing lines on an OPro masterpage

In message <08d1298050.jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Jim Nagel <opro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> i've got my header and footers set up on masterpages for all 12
> chapters, left and right.

> i'd like a thin line to separate them from the main text.  (ie, i'll
> need to place the line 24 times.)

Use Copy and Paste. Be sure that in Preferences>View you have "Snap to 
objects" set, the line then pastes itself on the bottom line of the 
Header frame if the Pointer is near enough.

> i don't seem to be able to draw a line at all on a master page.

Could it be that the Rectangle or Ellipse Shape tool is *also* 
selected instead of one of the Line Shape tools? You need to select 
the Line tool *and* the correct Line Shape tool.

> is there some trick i havent grasped?  i choose the line tool, click
> at the beginning point, a blue square appears, click at the end point,
> a blue square appears.  now how do i finish?  OPro manual (p93) says
> the procedure is exactly the same as drawing a frame ... but ...



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Greetings,
JohnvV
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