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Chapter 40:
Outlining Objects
Use the Outline command in the Tools menu to open the Outline
dialog box so you can add single or multiple outlines to objects.
Outline does not work on bitmaps or small text.
Tip: You can access the Outline command from the Tools menu,
Tools toolbar, or by selecting an
object and right-clicking to display
the context menu.
Creating outlines
The Outline dialog box controls the number of outlines, corner
types, and outline distances. Create outlines that are inside or
outside the object by using negative or positive distances. When the
outline is larger than the original object or objects, it is placed behind
the original object(s).
Each pass allows you to choose a single corner type for that pass. In
this example, both passes use a pointed corner type. There is only
one outline per pass in the following example on the left.
In the previous example on the right, Pass 1 has a pointed corner type and a very small positive
outline distance. Pass 2 uses a rounded corner type and a larger positive outline distance. There
is only one outline per pass in the following example.
When creating outlines on complex objects, outlines with round corners or clipped corners yield
different results depending on whether the outline has a negative or positive offset. The left star
in the following example has an outline with a positive offset and round corners. The star on the
right has an outline with a negative offset and round corners.