The Paper Layout view tool palette is a vertical group of tools located on the left-hand side of the Paper Layout view, as shown in Figure A-3.
Figure A-3 Paper Layout view tool palette
The name and purpose of each tool is as follows:
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Select tool. Deselects any selected tool to "turn off" the current tool, and allow you to select any object in the Paper Layout view. |
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Magnify tool. Zooms in the view on the clicked object. Hold down the SHIFT key when you click the Magnify tool to zoom out. |
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Frame Select tool. Selects all objects within the selected frame or repeating frame, depending upon their explicit anchors (first click the tool, then the frame). |
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Reshape tool. Enables you to reshape the selected objects. |
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Text tool. Creates a boilerplate text object. |
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Rotate tool. Enables you to rotate the direction of the selected boilerplate text and graphic objects. |
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Line tool. Draws a line boilerplate object. |
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Rectangle tool. Draws a rectangle boilerplate object. |
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Arc tool. Draws an arc boilerplate image. |
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Rounded Rectangle tool. Draws a rounded rectangle boilerplate object. |
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Polyline tool. Draws an open multilined boilerplate object. Use your mouse to create the multiple lines. |
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Polygon tool. Draws a multisided boilerplate object. The object must be closed, unlike a polyline object. |
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Freehand tool. Draws a line where you drag your mouse. |
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Ellipse tool. Draws an ellipse boilerplate object. |
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Frame tool. Draws a frame. |
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Repeating Frame tool. Draws a repeating frame. |
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Graph tool. Displays the Graph Wizard so that you can to define a graph that will be inserted into your layout. |
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Field tool. Creates a field object. |
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Anchor tool. Creates an anchor between two objects in your layout. |
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File Link tool. Creates a link file object that you can use to link an external file to your report. |
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Report Block tool. Displays the Report Block wizard so that you can add a new report block to your layout. |