Fx draw 3 A New Hope © 2008 Efofex Software Getting Started… Open a word document Open a word document On the top menu go to Insert and then Object (you.

Fx draw 3

A New Hope© 2008 Efofex Software

Getting Started…

Open a word document On the top menu go to Insert and then

Object (you might need to use the down arrow to find Object)

Choose fxdraw3.document from the list of options.

If you get a grey box asking you a question just click ok.

You should see a screen like this:

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The basics – left hand side

The pointy thing

lines

circles

boxes

text

Colouring in

Graphs, charts and grids

Galleries


The basics – top bar

Freehand

The tick

Moving and arranging things

Colours

The grid

GAD

(Geometrically aware drawing)


TURN GAD OFF NOW BEFORE YOU HURT YOURSELF!

This one is GAD – The evil one from the dark side

Click either the cross or the grid

BUT DO IT QUICKLY…


TURN GAD OFF NOW BEFORE YOU HURT YOURSELF!

This one is GAD – The evil one from the dark side

Click either the cross or the grid

BUT DO IT QUICKLY…

NOW! NOW! NOW!


The cross makes everything you draw “freehand”

The grid makes everything you draw go to the nearest dot

Try drawing some boxes.

Click on the rectangle once, then click and drag wherever you want to draw it

Try some freehand and then using the grid


You’re all in trouble and I’m giving you lines!!!

Try drawing some lines freehand and then with the grid on…


Galleries – the fun part!


This bit’s the gallery


Galleries - The BasicsGalleries are collections of pre-drawn figures that can be used in your diagrams.

There are hundreds of images where you have almost no work to do at all.

To access the galleries you push the Gallery Select button.


When you push this button you will see a collection of images (most likelyChance Processes).

Click on one of the images and it will be surrounded by a red square.

Click OK and you will be returned to the main drawing screen.


Move over into the drawing screen and drag out a rectangle.

The image you select will be drawn into the rectangular area you sketch out.


When you wish to use a different image, push the gallery select button again and select another image.

You can select from other galleries by pushing the arrow shown below...

Take some time to play around in the galleries


The Pointy thing

It points at stuff!!

Click on the pointy thing, then use it to select one of your objects


Changing shapes You can change objects by dragging out the

green markers, or move them when they are highlighted by dragging the whole damn thing around.

You can turn things around by using the top menus:

They’re a bit moody and only get turned on when an object is highlighted Try them out and see what they do


Now look on the left hand side:Most of the buttons on the toolbar on the left hand side have a little red triangle at the bottom right.


This triangle indicates that the button hides a flyout toolbar.

To access the other tools in a toolbar, click and hold the mouse button for half a second. A toolbar will fly out.


Move across and select a new tool - then release the mouse button

The main toolbar will now show the new tool.

The flyout toolbars contain logically grouped tools. Take a little bit of time to look at all of the tools available to you.


Try drawing some circles

They all work a little differently from each other.


Adding TextText Boxesp Look on the left hand tool bar for the button.

p The flyout bar looks like this

p Text can be added to your diagram using either of the text tools.

or

p The other ones are equation boxes so don’t go there!!

p The only difference between the two tools is that the second will use the current shading to place the text in a box rather than free floating.


Select the tool and mark a rectangular area in the drawing area.

You should be left with a flashing text cursor at the top left.

You can simply type at this position.

To finish text entry, click outside the text box.

The text you type will be wrapped to fit the rectangular region you sketched out.

p Now right-click on the text box – you will see the text box properties.p Here you can change the font, modify the text, change the justification and change

the width of the margin around the text in a box.

There are also two less obvious options.

For now, you want your text to be interpreted normally, not as an equation.


Try labelling some of your objects…


Enough’s enough…

bottoms up!!

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