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Ribbon menu bar functions

Ribbon menu bar functions
1

Annotate using Ink Surface button

1. Annotate using Ink Surface button
Toggle this button to active/deactivate the Ink Surface.
2

Drop down

2. Drop down
Choose the font family to use for text Label type shapes.
3

Drop down

3. Drop down
Choose the font size to use for text Label type shapes.
4

InkPen button

4. InkPen button
Click this button to select the Ink Pen as the drawing tool.  This allows you to draw Ink using your mouse cursor as the pen.
5

Highlight button

5. Highlight button
Click this button to select the Highlighter as the drawing tool.  This allows you to draw highlights on the ChartView image.  The size of the highlight stroke can be changed by adjusting the shape thickness size.
6

Label button

6. Label button
Click this button to select the Label as the drawing tool.  This allows you to drop a text object onto the Ink surface.  When a Label is added to the Ink surface a default text phrase is added that you will replace with your own text value.  To complete the edit session click outside the label shape in the Ink surface background.  You can edit and change the text value or font attributes for a Label by first selecting the Label shape and then pressing the key sequence Ctrl+Enter.
7

Open Ink File button

7. Open Ink File button
You can open a previously saved Ink file.
8

Italic button

8. Italic button
Toggle this button to use Italic font for the Label shape being edited.
9

Select button

9. Select button
Click this button to use the Select tool.  This tool allows you to select one or more Ink surface shapes.  Shapes can be selected by finding the origin point for the shape using a left mouse-click or by using the mouse cursor to draw a closed polygon around a shape or group of shapes.
 
Selected shapes can have their properties such as size, position and colors changed together as a group.
10

Ellipse button

10. Ellipse button
Click this button to use the Ellipse tool.
11

Rectangle button

11. Rectangle button
Click this button to use the Rectangle tool.
12

Line button

12. Line button
Click this button to use the Line tool.  This button will display a drop-down list of various line shapes that can be chosen for the drawing tool.
13

SelectAll button

13. SelectAll button
Click this button to select all shapes on the Ink surface.
14

Save As Ink File button

14. Save As Ink File button
Click this button to save the Ink surface to an external Ink file.
15

FontWeight button

15. FontWeight button
Click this button to select the font weight for Label type shapes.
16

Underline button

16. Underline button
Toggle this button to select an Underline font.
17

StrikeThrough button

17. StrikeThrough button
Toggle this button to select a StrikeThrough font.
18

Line Color: button

18. Line Color: button
Click this button to select the color to use for lines, shape borders, highlighting, ink and labels.
19

RemoveStrokes button

19. RemoveStrokes button
Click this button to remove all selected Ink strokes.
20

ToggleFront button

20. ToggleFront button
Click this button to toggle the ChartView surface in front of the Ink surface.
21

Erase button

21. Erase button
Click this button to use the Eraser tool.
22

Print to XPS button

22. Print to XPS button
Click this button to print the Ink surface to an XPS Document file.
23

Overline button

23. Overline button
Toggle this button to select an Overline font.
24

Fill Color: button

24. Fill Color: button
Click this button to select the color to use for Ellipse and Rectangle shape fills.
25

Shape Thickness

25. Shape Thickness
Select the size of stroke to use when drawing shapes.
26

UndoStrokes button

26. UndoStrokes button
Click this button to undo the last stroke(s).
27

RedoStrokes button

27. RedoStrokes button
Click this button to redo the last stroke(s).