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Re: I must be doing something(s) wrong



David Ross schrieb:
* zoom - 100% magnification is about half of actual size.

Actual size of what? Having 1600x1400 on a 15" screen causes small objects, too :-)
      * grid - Have not found a combination of settings that are easy to
        work with for object sizing and layout. Stable granularity at
        different zoom levels.
Again, settings to do what? Snap-to-grid-granularity? Try Object->Align[vertical/horizontal]
      * Connection points - are not visible most of the time, have not
        been able to easily connect, add or delete. visibility is part
        of the problem, but positioning the pointer directly on then
        hasn't worked.
Connection points are little crosses on the object's borderline. Drop the arrow/line on such a cross->connected. To add new connection points (to some figures)->object's context menu->"add connection point"
      * garbled views - view images seem unstable. Objects change for no
        apparent reason (size, text). Refresh usually clears it up. This
        can indicate that a crash is immenient.
Sometimes I have thicker outlines/borders but I also never used images and never hat changes which I didn't cause. On Windows or RedHat?

So far I have mainly worked with shape sets included in the distribution. The collection has a lot of good stuff. The models I am trying to develop are large and complex. Graphical layout, format, etc. is essential for an effective presentation. The inability to adjust format options is frustrating.
Less is more. I never presented a diagram containing more than 10 objects. Depends on personal preferences, I'm quite normal and can keep only 7 facts in mind :-) What options do you miss, font style/size/type, thickness of lines? Use the object's context menus, configuration files (mentioned in online help).

I have successfully used Visio in the past. This may be preventing me from seeing what should be obvious.
Think so, doesn't really matter :-)

Thanks for taking the time to read this long tale of woe and for any
help.
Was an honour to me :-)

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