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LINE-ART AND IMAGE FILES
You can use two types of pictures in
your document: line-art files
created with a drawing program like
GEM Draw, and images created with
a painting program like GEM Paint.
All pictures can be resized by
making the frame larger or smaller,
but only image files can be scaled,
cropped and edited.
LOADING A PICTURE
To load a picture into a document,
choose Import picture in the File
menu. When the form appears, select
the type of picture file you want
and click on OK. Use the Item
Selector to select your picture and
click on OK.
To place the picture into a frame,
select the frame, then click on the
name of the picture in the browser.
HIDING THE PICTURES
To turn the pictures off and
increase the screen drawing speed,
click on Hide all pictures in the
Graphics menu. This command is
marked if the pictures are hidden.
PICTURE STATUS
Select a picture frame then double-
click on the picture name in the
browser to display information about
the picture.
DELETING A PICTURE
To remove a picture from your
document display the Status form for
the picture and click on [Delete].
SCALING AN IMAGE FILE
To change an image's proportions,
select its frame and choose Scale
picture in the Graphics menu.
The form displayed allows you to
preserve or ignore aspect ratio (the
height to width ratio of the image),
and to select whole pixel scaling
(which improves the quality of the
printed picture).
CROPPING AN IMAGE FILE
To cut an image to size, select its
frame and choose Crop picture in the
Graphics menu. Drag a box inside the
image with the "scissors" to mark
the portion to be shown in the
frame.
EDITING AN IMAGE FILE
To edit an image file, select its
frame and click on Edit picture in
the Graphics menu. Add and delete
pixels in the window using the
mouse. Click on the close box to
save the edited image or cancel the
edit.
RESIZING A FRAME CONTAINING AN IMAGE
When a frame containing an imported
image is resized, the image is
rescaled (according to the settings
on the Scale Picture form) to fit
the new frame.