Chapter 2. Study Exercises: Answers

Question 1. Identify each of the following tools in the toolbox:

The selection tool

The text tool

The rounded rectangle tool

The straight line tool

The polygon tool

Question 2. How do you make the toolbox disappear and re-appear in a Display icon?

Selecting Proceed from the Try It pulldown menu hides the toolbox.



Double-clicking on any object in a Display stops the lesson and retrieves the toolbox. How do you set default values for tools in the toolbox? Choose the item you want to set before selecting any item with the selection tool. For example, if you want to set a default font,

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Question 9. How do you group several graphic and/or text objects into a single object? How do you reverse the process?

With the Shift key held down, use the Selection tool to highlight each of the objects you want to group. Next, select Group from the Edit pulldown menu. Each of the selected objects will be "clumped" into a single object. Manipulating this one object manipulates each of its constituent parts. To separate individual object from the group, first use the Selection tool to highlight the group. Next, select Ungroup from the Edit pulldown menu. Each of the individual members of the group may now be manipulated individually.

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