Toolbars
Standard
toolbar
Format
toolbar
Tools
toolbar
OLE
toolbar
Zoom
toolbar
Align
toolbar
Distribute
toolbar
Layout
and Rerouting
Library
toolbar
Standard
toolbar
This toolbar contains tools for
working with files and the clipboard.

Name |
Function |
New |
Creates a new
document. |
Open |
Opens a file. |
Save |
Saves the
document. |
Print |
Prints the
document. |
Cut |
Cuts selected text
or shapes and copies them onto the Clipboard. |
Copy |
Copies selected
shapes or text onto the Clipboard. |
Paste |
Inserts the
contents of the Clipboard into the document. |
Undo |
Cancels the most
recent action. The name of the last action is
displayed in the combo box
item. |
Redo |
Cancels the last
Undo operation. The name of the last action is
displayed in the combo box
item. |
Template Gallery |
Open or close
shape template. |
Sample Template |
Open sample
template file. |
Crop |
Crop the selected
region to a graphic file. |
Select Tool |
Activates the
Select tool
mode. |
Text Tool |
Activates the
Text tool
mode to add text. |
Insert Picture |
Inserts a picture
into the document. |
Smart Connector/Connection |
Activates the
Smart Connector
tool mode and lets you draw smart
connectors./Activates
the Direct
Connector tool mode and lets you draw
direct connectors. |
Zoom |
The Zoom drop-down
list is used to set the magnification level. You
can choose a value from the list, or type a
custom value within the 1% - 4000 % range.
|
Help |
Call the CuteDraw
Help. |
Format
toolbar
The
Formatting
toolbar is used to change line color, weight, type, fill
and shadow color of shapes and more.

Name |
Function |
Font Name |
In this drop-down
list you can choose the font you need. |
Font Size |
In this drop-down
list you can choose a font size, or specify a
custom font size. |
Bold |
Applies the Bold
style to selected text, or to the text of
selected shape. |
Italic |
Applies the Italic
style to selected text, or to the text of
selected shape. |
Underline |
Applies the
Underline style to selected text, or to the text
of selected shape. |
Align Left |
Aligns the
paragraph to the left. |
Align Center |
Aligns the
paragraph to the center. |
Align Right |
Aligns the
paragraph to the right. |
Align Up |
Aligns the text
block to the top. |
Align Middle |
Aligns the text
block to the center. |
Align Bottom |
Aligns the text
block to the bottom. |
Font Color |
The
Line Color
tool is used to set the line color.
You can choose one of the colors in the button
menu, or select the
More Colors...
item to get the
Color dialog with more colors. |
Line Color |
The
Line Color
tool is used to set the line color.
You can choose one of the colors in the button
menu, or select the
More Colors...
item to get the
Color dialog with more colors. |
Fill Color |
The
Fill Color
tool is used to set the fill color. You
can choose one of the colors in the button menu,
or select the
More Colors... item to get the
Color
dialog
with more colors. |
Line Weight |
The
Line Weight
tool is used to set the line weight.
You can choose one of the values in the button
menu, or select the
More Line
Weights... item and select the desired
line weight on the
Line
tab of the
Shape Properties dialog. |
Line Style |
The
Line Style
tool is used to set the line style. You
can choose one of the styles in the button menu,
or select More
Line Patterns... and choose the desired
line style on the
Line
tab of the
Shape Properties dialog. |
Arrow Style |
The
Line Ends Style
tool is used to set the arrowhead style. You can
choose of the styles in the button menu, or
select More
Arrow Styles... and choose the desired
arrowhead style on the
Line
tab of the
Shape Properties dialog. |
Tools
toolbar
This toolbar contains the main
operation and drawing tools.

Name |
Function |
Select Tool |
Activates the
section mode. |
Connect Line |
Activates the
connect line tool or the connection points. When
you select the connect line tool; you can draw
smart connector. When you select the connection
point tool, you can add the connection point,
move or delete the connection points. (Select
the shape and press the CTRL key to add the
connection points ) |
Text Tool |
Activates the text
tool or the Text Block tool. When you select the
text tool; you can draw text frame. When you
select the text block tool, you can change the
position of the text. |
Rectangle |
Activates the
Rectangle tool mode and lets
you draw rectangle boxes, and also move and
resize shapes. |
Ellipse |
Activates the
Ellipse tool mode and lets you
draw ellipses, and also move and resize shapes. |
Line |
Activates the
Line tool mode and lets you
draw lines and manipulate vertices of shapes. |
Sector |
Activates the
Sector tool mode and lets you
draw smooth Sector, and also manipulate vertices
of shapes and change the curvature of Arc
segments. |
Arc |
Activates the
Arc tool mode and lets you draw
elliptic arc segments, manipulate vertices of
shapes and change the curvature of segments. |
Curve |
Activates the
Curve tool mode and lets you
draw circular sectors, manipulate vertices of
shapes, and change the curvature of segments. |
Free hand |
Activates the
Freehand tool mode and lets you
draw freehand line, manipulate vertices of
shapes, and change the curvature of segments. |
OLE
toolbar
This menu help you insert OLE objects

Note You can
click OLE object
on Insert Menu
to insert more else OLE objects.
Zoom toolbar
This menu contains various
commands for zooming page.

Align toolbar
This menu contains various
commands for manipulating shapes (align, size, flipping,
rotating, grouping).

Name |
Function |
Align Left |
Align shapes by
their left edges. |
Align Center |
Align shapes by
their center horizontally. |
Align Right |
Align shapes by
their right edges. |
Align Top |
Align shapes by
their top sides. |
Align Middle |
Align shapes by
their center horizontal. |
Align Bottom |
Align shapes by
their bottom sides. |
Vertical Middle
Page |
Move to middle
vertically. |
Horizon Center
Page |
Move to center
horizontally. |
Same Width |
Make selected
shapes same width. |
Same Height |
Make selected
shapes same height |
Same Size |
Make selected
shapes same size. |
Bring to Front |
Bring shape to
front. |
Send to Back |
Send shape to
back. |
Bring to Forward |
Bring shape to
forward. |
Send to Backward |
Send shape to
backward. |
Left Rotate 90 |
Left rotate
selected shape at 90 degree. |
Right Rotate 90 |
Right rotate
select shapes at 90 degree. |
Flip Vertical |
Flip image
vertical. |
Flip Horizontal |
Flip image
horizontal. |
Group |
Group all the
selected shapes to a new shape. |
Ungroup |
Ungroup the
compose shape to single shapes. |
Distribute toolbar
This menu contains various
commands for distributing shapes.

Layout
and Rerouting
This menu contains various commands
for connector.

Library
toolbar
This menu contains various
commands for opening template and search shapes in the
templates.
