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╨AGE 20                    ╠OOKING AT ╟EOS

    ╔ HOPE  THAT NO ONE GOT CANED FOR SPRAY PAINTING SINCE LAST MONTH.  ╘HIS
TIME WE WILL COVER  THE DRAWING TOOLS AND SHAPES.  ╔'LL ASSUME THAT EVERYONE
HAS A DAB OF EXPERIENCE WITH ╟┼╧PAINT AND IS HALF WAY FAMILIAR WITH THE DRAWING
WINDOW.  ╘HE FIRST TOOL UP IS THE PENCIL.  ╧N THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRAWING
WINDOW IS A GROUP OF ICONS KNOWN AS THE TOOL BOX.  ┼VERYONE KNOWS WHAT A PENCIL
LOOKS LIKE SO THE LIKELY SUSPECTS CAN BE NARROWED TO TWO ICONS.  ╘HE POINT
DRAWS AND THE ERASER END ERASES.  ┴ NO BRAINER HERE.  ╫E HAVE TO DRAW SOMETHING
BEFORE WE CAN ERASE, SO SELECT THE PENCIL POINT.
    ╬OTE:  ╔F YOU DOUBLE-CLICK ON THE PENCIL TOOL, YOU WILL ENTER PIXEL EDIT
MODE.  ┴LSO YOU WILL SOON BECOME AWARE THAT THE POINTER WILL ASSUME THE SHAPE
OF  LINE WITH A DOT ON ONE END WHEN YOU DRAG THE POINTER BACK OUT ONTO THE
DRAWING WINDOW.  ╘O BEGIN DRAWING, JUST PRESS THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON AND GO TO
IT.  ╬O NEED TO HOLD THE MOUSE BUTTON DOWN.  ╘HE DRAWING GOES ON AND OFF WITH
THE CLICK OF THE MOUSE BUTTON.
    ╘HE NEXT TOOL IS THE LINE TOOL.  ╘HE TOOL BOX ICON FOR THIS TOOL IS NOT
QUITE SO OBVIOUS.  ╞OR THOSE OF US WHO GO BOWLING THE SYMBOL FOR A SPARE [\] IS
THE ICON TO LOOK FOR.  ╞OR THE REST OF US THE DIAGONAL LINE IN THE BOX IS THE
TOOL WE WANT.  ╔F YOU ARE LIKE ME AND CANNOT DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE, THEN YOU
HAVE FOUND THE RIGHT TOOL.  ╬O MORE BRASS EDGED RULERS.   ╘HERE ARE TWO LINE
TYPES FROM WHICH YOU CAN CHOOSE.  ╘HE INDEPENDENT LINE AND THE CONNECTED LINES.
 ╘O DRAW AN INDEPENDENT LINE, SELECT THE LINE TOOL.  ╘HE POINTER WILL ASSUME
THE SHAPE OF A CROSS-HAIR.  ╙ELECT A STARTING POINT IN THE DRAWING WINDOW,
CLICK THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON (DO NOT HOLD THE BUTTON DOWN) AND DRAG THE MOUSE IN
YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTION.  ╘HE ENSUING LINE CAN BE LOCKED DOWN WITH A SECOND
CLICK OF THE MOUSE BUTTON.
    ╘O DRAW A SERIES OF CONNECTED LINES, SELECT THE LINE TOOL, POSITION THE
CROSS-HAIRS AT THE POSITION YOU WANT TO START IN THE DRAWING WINDOW AND STRETCH
THE LINE IN THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT TO GO.  ╘HIS TIME WHEN YOU REACH THE
END OF THE LINE, HOLD DOWN THE COMMODORE KEY AND CLICK THE MOUSE BUTTON.
╥ELEASE THE COMMODORE KEY AND PULL OUT THE NEXT LINE.  ╫HEN FINISHED, CLICK
AGAIN WITHOUT HOLDING DOWN THE COMMODORE KEY.
    ╫HEN THE LINE TOOL IS SELECTED  A MEASURE UNITS BOX WILL APPEAR IN THE
STATUS BOX AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.  ╘HIS BOX OFFERS A FEW MORE
OPTIONS.  ╘HE LINES THAT YOU DRAW CAN BE MEASURED BY INCHES OR PIXELS ALONG THE
╪ AND ┘ AXIS AND THE CONSTRAINED OPTION IS USED TO CREATE LINES AT A VERTICAL
POSITION, HORIZONTAL POSITION, OR 45-DEGREE ANGLE, AND TO CREATE CIRCLES AND
SQUARES.  ╘O DRAW A LINE AT A VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL, OR 45-DEGREE ANGLE, CLICK
ON THE CONSTRAIN OPTION IN THE MEASURE UNITS BOX AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN
BEFOREHAND, OR PRESS THE LETTER ╦ TO TURN THE CONSTRAINED OPTION OFF AND ON
WHILE YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF DRAWING.  ╔F YOU ARE USING THE PIXEL EDIT MODE,
YOU CANNOT USE BOTH THE CONSTRAIN OPTION AND CONNECTED LINES PROCEDURE AT THE
SAME TIME.  ╨ICK YOUR FAVORITE MODE OF OPERATION AND GO FROM THERE.
    ╔ HATE TO START SOMETHING THAT ╔ CAN'T FINISH BUT ╔ HAVE A FEW MORE LINES
IN ORDER TO USE ALL OF MY ALLOTTED SPACE.  ╬OT TO MENTION, ╩EAN DOESN'T
APPRECIATE THE EXTRA WHITE SPACE.
    ╘HE NEXT TOOLS TEAT WE WILL GET INTO ARE THE FILLED AND HOLLOW RECTANGLES.
╔ LIKE MINE JELLY FILLED.  ╚OWEVER THERE'S NO JELLY AVAILABLE IN ╟┼╧╙.  ╙QUARES
ARE JUST RECTANGLES BY ANOTHER NAME AND THEY FIT IN HERE TOO.  ╟O AHEAD TRY
THIS FEATURE.  ╘HERE'S NOT MUCH TROUBLE YOU CAN GET IN DOING SQUARES.  ╔ ┴═ OUT